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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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l$n noun sg. emphatic
lšn, lšnˀ (liššān, liššānā) n.m. tongue
1 (anat.) tongue Com. ▶ more

--(a) (as a source of speech) Com.

(a.1) šlḥ lšn : to speak (out of turn?) OA.
2 language Com. ▶ more

--(a) group speaking the same language Com.
3 speech Com. ▶ more

--(a) expression, mode of phrasing, terminology Gal, Syr, JBA, JBAg, Man.

(a.1) +tlyty : gossip, slander PTA, Syr, Man, LJLA.

(a.2) incantation (?) Man.

--(b) version Gal, JBA.
4 אכל ל׳ על : to slander CGMagic.
5 fig.: . ▶ more

--(a) spit of land Syr.

--(b) bay of the sea Qum, Syr.

--(c) ornament shaped like tongue Syr.

(c.1) tongue shaped cloth(?) PTA.

--(d) (bot.) in plant name(s) .

(d.1) ܠܫܢ ܨܦܪܐ : bird's tongue Syr, JudSyr.

(d.2) ܠܸܫܵܢ ܐܸܡܪܵܐ : plantain Syr.

(d.3) ܠܫܢ ܟܠܒܐ܂ ܠܫܢ ܟܠܒܬܐ : darnel Syr.

(d.4) ܠܫܢ ܬܘܪ̈ܐ : borage Syr.

--(e) flame Qum.

--(f) ingot JLAtg, Syr.