לבנה

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See also: לבֿנה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ל־ב־ן (l-b-n)

Adjective

לְבָנָה • (l'vaná)

  1. feminine singular indefinite form of לָבָן (laván)

Noun

לְבָנָה • (l'vaná) f

  1. (poetic) Moon
    Synonym: יָרֵחַ (yaréakh)
    • 1940, Leah Goldberg, A Tune for the Hyacinth :
      לַיְלָה לַיְלָה מִסְתַּכֶּלֶת הַלְּבָנָה / בַּפְּרָחִים אֲשֶׁר הֵנֵצּוּ בַּגִּנָּה. / בְּצִיצֵי הַיָּקִנְתּוֹן / בְּגַנֵּנוּ הַקָּטֹן / לַיְלָה לַיְלָה מִסְתַּכֶּלֶת הַלְּבָנָה.
      láyla láyla mistakélet hal'vaná / bap'rakhím 'ashér henétsu baginá. / b'tsitséi hayakintón / b'ganénu hakatón / láyla láyla mistakélet hal'vaná.
      Night after night the moon looks down / Upon the flowers that are blossoming in the garden. / Upon the buds of the hyacinth / In our tiny garden / Night after night the moon looks down.
Derived terms

Proper noun

לְבָנָה • (l'vána) f

  1. a female given name, Levana, equivalent to English Luna

Etymology 2

Root
ל־ב־ן (l-b-n)

Noun

לְבֵנָה • (levená) f (plural indefinite לְבֵנִים)

  1. brick

Etymology 3

Root
ל־ב־ן (l-b-n)

Noun

לִבְנֶה • (livné) m

  1. styrax
  2. (colloquial) birch

Etymology 4

From South Levantine Arabic لَبْنَة (labna).

Noun

לַבָּנֶה • (lábane) f

  1. strained yogurt; labneh
Further reading

Yiddish

Noun

לבנה • (levone) f

  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of לבֿנה (levone).
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