lesba

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See also: Lesba, Lesbā, and lesbą

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

lesba f

  1. lesbian

Declension

Declension of lesba (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative lesba lesby
genitive lesby leseb
dative lesbě lesbám
accusative lesbu lesby
vocative lesbo lesby
locative lesbě lesbách
instrumental lesbou lesbami

See also

Further reading

  • “lesba”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • “lesba”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Adjective

lesba (accusative singular lesban, plural lesbaj, accusative plural lesbajn)

  1. (neologism) lesbian

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

lesba

  1. lesbian

Inflection

Even a-stem, sb-sbb gradation
Nominative lesba
Genitive lesbba
Singular Plural
Nominative lesba lesbbat
Accusative lesbba lesbbaid
Genitive lesbba lesbbaid
Illative lesbii lesbbaide
Locative lesbbas lesbbain
Comitative lesbbain lesbbaiguin
Essive lesban
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person lesban lesbame lesbamet
2nd person lesbat lesbade lesbadet
3rd person lesbas lesbaska lesbaset

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

lesba m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of lesbe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lesba f

  1. definite singular of lesbe

Polish

Etymology

Back-formation from lesbijka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛz.ba/
  • Rhymes: -ɛzba
  • Syllabification: les‧ba

Noun

lesba f

  1. (derogatory, slang) dyke, lesbo

Declension

Declension of lesba
singular plural
nominative lesba lesby
genitive lesby lesb
dative lesbie lesbom
accusative lesbę lesby
instrumental lesbą lesbami
locative lesbie lesbach
vocative lesbo lesby
adjectives
nouns

Further reading

  • lesba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lesba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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