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Aramaic
Etymology
From Hebrew לִוְיָתָן (liwyāṯān).
Pronunciation
Noun
לויתן • (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)
- leviathan
Hebrew
Etymology
Compound of לִוְיָה (livyá, “garland, wreath”) + -תָּן (-tan, agentive suffix), meaning “the tortuous one”. Compare also Ugaritic 𐎍𐎚𐎐 (ltn).
Noun
לווייתן / לִוְיָתָן • (livyatán) m (plural indefinite לווייתנים / לִוְיָתָנִים)
- defective spelling of לווייתן
Descendants
Yiddish
Noun
לויתן • (levyosn) m
- Alternative spelling of לוויתן (levyosn)