lesba

See also: Lesba, Lesbā, and lesbą

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛzba]

Noun

lesba f

1. lesbian

Declension

Declension of lesba (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	lesba	lesby
genitive	lesby	leseb
dative	lesbě	lesbám
accusative	lesbu	lesby
vocative	lesbo	lesby
locative	lesbě	lesbách
instrumental	lesbou	lesbami

See also

• lesbička

Further reading

• “lesba”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “lesba”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlesba/

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• Rhymes: -esba
• Hyphenation: les‧ba

Adjective

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

1. 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”)

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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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, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• lesben

Noun

lesba m or f

1. definite feminine singular of lesbe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lesba f

1. definite singular of lesbe

Polish

Etymology

Back-formation from lesbijka.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lesba f

1. (derogatory, slang) 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

Related terms

adjectives

• lesbejski
• lesbijski

nouns

• lesbianizm
• Lesbijczyk
• lesbijka
• Lesbijka
• lesbijstwo
• lesbizm
• Lesbos

Further reading

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