lesba

Czech

Noun

lesba f

1. lesbian

See also

• lesbička

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

1. (neologism) lesbian
   • 2000 August, Gerrit Berveling, “Tro senkosta pentemo”, in Monato, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22:

     Kion pensi pri la ankoraŭa diskriminacio kontraŭ gejaj kaj lesbaj fiduloj?

     What to think about the ongoing discrimination against gay and lesbian faithful?

Related terms

• lesbo (“a lesbian”)

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Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• lesben

Noun

lesba m or f

1. definite feminine singular of lesbe

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lesba f

1. definite singular of lesbe

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Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lesba f

1. (slang, offensive) 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

Further reading

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