לשוני

Hebrew

Etymology

From לָשׁוֹן (lashón, tongue; language) + ־י (-i, forming adjectives from nouns).

Pronunciation

Adjective

לְשׁוֹנִי • (l'shoní) (feminine לְשׁוֹנִית, masculine plural לְשׁוֹנִים or לְשׁוֹנִיִּים, feminine plural לְשׁוֹנִיּוֹת)

  1. lingual (of or related to the tongue)
  2. linguistic (of or relating to language)

Derived terms

  • דו־לשוני (dú-l'shoní, bilingual)
  • חד־לשוני (khád-l'shoní, monolingual)
  • רב־לשוני (ráv-l'shoní, multilingual)
  • תלת־לשוני (tlát-l'shoní, trilingual)

See also

  • בַּלְשָׁנִי
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