l.

English

Noun

l. (plural ll.)

1. Abbreviation of leaf.
2. (law) Abbreviation of line.
3. Abbreviation of pound (sterling), derived from Latin libra.

   Coordinate terms: d. (“pence”), s. (“shilling”)

   Alternative form: l

Usage notes

This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in legal citation. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Subdivisions", Table T16, p. 472-73.

Adjective

l. (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of left.

   l. com. car. a. ― left common carotid artery

   • 1868, “Sect VI.—Prussia, continued. Route 81”, in A Handbook for Travellers on the Continent: Being a Guide to Holland, Belgium, Prussia, Northern Germany, and the Rhine from Holland to Switzerland. […], Sixteenth edition, London: John Murray, page 437:

     Glogau Stat.—Inns: Deutsches Haus; Westphal’s Hotel. A fortress of the 2nd rank on the l. bank of the Oder, 17,000 Inhab. The Dom upon an island dates from 1120, and contains a madonna by Cranach, sen., his masterpiece.

Finnish

Etymology 1

Probably after Swedish l.

Conjunction

l.

1. Abbreviation of eli (“that is; also known as; or”).

Etymology 2

Noun

l.

1. Abbreviation of luku (“decade, century, millennium”).

   20-l. ― the 20s

   1900-l. ― the 19th c.

   6000-l. ― the 7th millennium

2. Abbreviation of luvut (“decades, centuries, millennia”).

   Synonym: ll.

German

Adverb

l.

1. Abbreviation of links.

Adjective

l. (indeclinable)

1. Abbreviation of lateinisch.

Verb

l. (imperative only, not conjugated)

1. Abbreviation of lies and of the Latin lege (imperatives both meaning “read”)
   • 1926–8, Leumann–Hofmann–Szantyr, Lateinische Grammatik I: Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre (2nd ed., 1977), Formenlehre Nomen II.B, § 273:1.d, page 290:

     Das Hauptzeugnis für gr. -ειος, der aeol. Gebrauch von patronym. -ειος bei o-Stämmen, ist eine Neuerung; dieses -ειος ist als Universalsuffix auch bei Kons.-Stämmen verwendet; und es stammt als -ios-Ableitung von den Namen auf -ης, so -ειος neben -ης in Thessalien, Schwyzer, Del. 567 (-ης als -εις geschrieben) l. 80 f. Ἱπποκράτειος, 99 f. Ἀντιφάνειος, 112 Ἀντιγένειος; auf Lesbos patronym. 623, 56 Ἱερογένειος, 640 Σωγένειος, weibl. 621, 11 als Name Ἑλλανοκράτεια; das Muster für mask. -γένειος usw. war vermutlich nicht-patronym. fem. -εια (hom. ἠριγένεια, Ἰφιγένεια, Εὐρύκλεια oder -κλέεια).

     The main evidence for Greek -ειος, the Aeolic use of patronymic -ειος with o-stems, is an innovation; this -ειος is used as a universal suffix with consonant stems; and it derives from nouns in -ης as a -ios-derivation, thus -ειος [is] near -ης in Thessaly, Schwyzer, Del. 567 (-ης written as -εις) vid. 80 f. Ἱπποκράτειος, 99 f. Ἀντιφάνειος, 112 Ἀντιγένειος; patronymic on Lesbos 623, 56 Ἱερογένειος, 640 Σωγένειος, fem. 621, 11 as the name Ἑλλανοκράτεια; the example for the masculine -γένειος etc. was presumably the non-patronymic fem. -εια (Homeric ἠριγένεια, Ἰφιγένεια, Εὐρύκλεια or -κλέεια).

Hungarian

Noun

l. (plural l.-ok)

1. Abbreviation of lap (“page, sheet”).

   2. k., 65. l. ― vol. 2, p. 65

2. Abbreviation of lakos (“inhabitant”).

Declension

Sense 1:

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	l.	l.-ok
accusative	l.-ot	l.-okat
dative	l.-nak	l.-oknak
instrumental	l.-pal	l.-okkal
causal-final	l.-ért	l.-okért
translative	l.-pá	l.-okká
terminative	l.-ig	l.-okig
essive-formal	l.-ként	l.-okként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	l.-ban	l.-okban
superessive	l.-on	l.-okon
adessive	l.-nál	l.-oknál
illative	l.-ba	l.-okba
sublative	l.-ra	l.-okra
allative	l.-hoz	l.-okhoz
elative	l.-ból	l.-okból
delative	l.-ról	l.-okról
ablative	l.-tól	l.-októl
non-attributive possessive - singular	l.-é	l.-oké
non-attributive possessive - plural	l.-éi	l.-okéi

Sense 2:

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	l.	l.-ok
accusative	l.-t	l.-okat
dative	l.-nak	l.-oknak
instrumental	l.-sal	l.-okkal
causal-final	l.-ért	l.-okért
translative	l.-sá	l.-okká
terminative	l.-ig	l.-okig
essive-formal	l.-ként	l.-okként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	l.-ban	l.-okban
superessive	l.-on	l.-okon
adessive	l.-nál	l.-oknál
illative	l.-ba	l.-okba
sublative	l.-ra	l.-okra
allative	l.-hoz	l.-okhoz
elative	l.-ból	l.-okból
delative	l.-ról	l.-okról
ablative	l.-tól	l.-októl
non-attributive possessive - singular	l.-é	l.-oké
non-attributive possessive - plural	l.-éi	l.-okéi

Adjective

l. (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of levelező (“corresponding”).

   l. tag (1990) ― corresponding member (1990)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front rounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	l.	l.-k
accusative	l.-t	l.-ket
dative	l.-nek	l.-knek
instrumental	l.-vel	l.-kkel
causal-final	l.-ért	l.-kért
translative	l.-vé	l.-kké
terminative	l.-ig	l.-kig
essive-formal	l.-ként	l.-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	l.-ben	l.-kben
superessive	l.-n	l.-kön
adessive	l.-nél	l.-knél
illative	l.-be	l.-kbe
sublative	l.-re	l.-kre
allative	l.-höz	l.-khöz
elative	l.-ből	l.-kből
delative	l.-ről	l.-kről
ablative	l.-től	l.-ktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	l.-é	l.-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	l.-éi	l.-kéi

Interjection

l.

1. Abbreviation of lásd (“see [imperative]”); also ld.

   l. a 62. o.-on ― see p. 62

Latin

Noun

l. m (indeclinable)

1. Abbreviation of liber.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of lice.

Noun

l. (Cyrillic spelling л.)

1. (grammar) (person of a verb).

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of list.

Noun

l. (Cyrillic spelling л.)

1. (publishing) list (sheet, leaf, page).

Swedish

Conjunction

l.

1. (lexicography) Abbreviation of eller (“or”).
   • 1975, Svenska Akademiens ordbok‎^[1]:

     [Om ordet skälmer] opålitlig l. skrupelfri l. svekfull l. skurkaktig person, […]

     [About the term scoundrel] unreliable or unscrupulous or deceitful or villainous individual, […]