לויתן

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Aramaic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew לִוְיָתָן (liwyāṯān).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

לויתן (transliteration neededm (uncountable)

  1. leviathan

Hebrew[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compound of לִוְיָה (livyá, garland, wreath) +‎ -תָּן (-tan, agentive suffix), meaning “the tortuous one”.

Noun[edit]

לווייתן / לִוְיָתָן (livyatánm (plural indefinite לווייתנים / לִוְיָתָנִים)

  1. defective spelling of לווייתן

Yiddish[edit]

Noun[edit]

לויתן (levyosnm

  1. Alternative spelling of לוויתן (levyosn)