לעז

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ל־ע־ז‎ (l-ʿ-z)

Probably cognate to Arabic لُغْز‎ (luḡz, “riddle”), لَغَّزَ‎ (laḡḡaza, “to speak in riddles”). Sometimes falsely analyzed as an acronym of ‮לָשׁוֹן‎ עַם‎ זָר‎‬ ("foreign tongue").

Noun

לַעַז • (lá'az) m

  1. (medieval) A language other than Hebrew, especially a Romance language

Verb

לָעַז • (la'áz) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to speak unintelligibly
  2. to speak a language other than Hebrew

Derived terms
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