Л

Letter

Л (lower case л)

1. A letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

Symbol

1. The Lobachevsky function, also referred to as an uppercase Lambda.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /l/

Letter

Л • (L) (lower case л)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Bashkir alphabet

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /l/

Letter

Л • (L) (upper case, lower case л)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA: /l/

Letter

Л • (L) (upper case, lower case л) (italics: Л, л)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Macedonian alphabet, called ел (el), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɮ/

Letter

Л • (L) (upper case, lower case л) (italics: Л, л)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called эл (el), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Noun

Л • (L) f inan (indeclinable)

1. (chess) abbreviation of ладья́ (ladʹjá, “R (rook, castle)”)
2. (metallurgy) abbreviation of лату́нь (latúnʹ, “brass”)
3. abbreviation of ла́мпа (lámpa, “lamp”)
4. abbreviation of лебёдка (lebjódka, “winch”)

Proper noun

Л • (L) m inan (indeclinable)

1. (steam locomotives) abbreviation of Лебедянский (Lebedjanskij, “Lebedyanskiy”)
2. (submarine series) abbreviation of «Ле́нинец» (“Léninec”, “K-137 Leninets (Yankee Navaga)”)

Adjective

Л • (L) (indeclinable)

1. abbreviation of ле́вый (lévyj, “left”)
2. abbreviation of ле́тний (létnij, “summer”) (diesel oil marking)
3. (shipping) abbreviation of легкове́сный (lexkovésnyj, “lightweight”) (ship class)

Alternative forms

• L (Serbo-Croatian Latin/Roman alphabet)

Letter

Л (upper case, lower case л)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter К (K) and is followed by the letter Љ (Lj).

Letter

Л • (L) (upper case, lower case л)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Tajik Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter Қ (Q) (Qe) and is followed by the letter М (M) (Me).