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לוד

לוד

Hebrew

Proper noun

לוּד (lúd) m

  1. Lydia, a region in Asia Minor.

Proper noun

לוֹד (lód) f

  1. Lod (a city in central Israel)

Knaanic

Alternative forms

  • ליד (lid) (per Jakobson and Halle 1964)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ledъ. Compare Czech led, Old Polish lod (modern Polish lód), Slovak ľad.

Noun

לוד (lod)

  1. hail (frozen pellets that fall as precipitation)

References

From ben Moshe, cited in: 1987. Paul Wexler. Explorations in Judeo-Slavic Linguistics, E. J. Brill (Leiden).