Serbian words starting with L
- laboranta lab assistant
- laboratòrijalaboratory
- lȁbūdswan
- lȁganlight; easy (of a task); slow
- lagatito tell lies, lie (imperfective)
- lahkoeasily (Bosnian; Serbian lako)
- lȁjatito bark
- lȃjka like (on social media)
- lajkovanjeliking (posts)
- lȃjkovatito like (a post)
- lȁklight (in weight); easy; varnish (noun)
- lȁkatelbow
- laknutito ease (laknulo mi je, I’m relieved)
- lakoeasily; easy (it’s easy)
- lakoćaease, lightness
- laktózalactose
- lȁku nȏćgood night
- lalaa lala (a joking nickname for an easy-going Vojvodinian)
- lȃmpalamp
- lanflax
- lánacchain
- lanelast year (colloquial); (noun) a fawn
- lȁptoplaptop
- lasera laser
- lȁticapetal
- latìnicathe Latin script, Latin alphabet (Serbian’s other script)
- lȃžlie
- lȁžne vȇstifake news
- lebbread (colloquial, the h dropped; = hleb)
- léčēnje kanálaroot canal treatment
- lećito lie down (perfective)
- lečitito treat (medically; imperfective)
- léčiti seto receive treatment, be treated
- lȇdice
- ledia lady (feminine, indeclinable)
- léđaback (of the body; plural only)
- legalizácijalegalisation (of a building put up without a permit; officially…
- legatito lie down (imperfective of leći)
- lègēndaa legend; a key (to a map)
- lȇkmedicine
- lèkārdoctor
- lekarkaa doctor (feminine)
- lekarsko uverenjea medical certificate
- lektirarequired school reading
- lektúralanguage editing, copy-editing (to the standard; the editor is a…
- lelealas!, woe is me! (lament)
- lelekatito wail, to keen (over the dead)
- lȇnjlazy
- lȇpbeautiful, pretty; handsome; nice (of the weather, a day)
- lȇp pȍzdrāvbest regards (signing off a letter)
- lépakglue
- lepitito glue, to stick
- lȇponicely, beautifully; well (kindly, politely)
- lepotabeauty
- lȅptīrbutterfly
- lȅšcoffin; lumber; forest, woods
- lȇtflight
- letećiflying (leteći tanjir)
- letetito fly (imperfective)
- letnjisummer (letnji dan)
- lȅtosummer
- letopisa chronicle
- levleft (levom rukom, with the left hand)
- lȇvoleft, to the left; on the left
- lèžāljkasun lounger
- ležatito lie (down), be lying (imperfective)
- liwhether (in questions); a question particle (after the first word…
- ličanpersonal; (colloquial) lična, an ID card (lična karta)
- lícea face; a person (in grammar and law); the right side (of fabric)
- licemera hypocrite
- licemeranhypocritical
- lìčitito look like, to resemble (na + Acc.: liči na oca; imperfective)
- lȉčnā kártaID card, identity card
- lični podacipersonal details (a CV heading)
- ličnopersonally
- lȉčno preuzímānjecollection in person, pickup in person
- lidera leader
- lȉftlift
- ligaa league (prva liga, the first league)
- lijepbeautiful (the ijekavian form; Serbian lep)
- lȋka character (in fiction); a guy (colloquial); a figure, appearance…
- likvidácijaliquidation, winding up (of a company)
- limsheet metal, tin
- lȉmūnlemon
- lingvistaa linguist
- lingvìstikalinguistics
- línijaa line; a route (of a bus, a tram); a service (direktna linija, a…
- lȉnklink
- lȉpaa lime tree, a linden
- lipanjJune (Croatian; Serbian jun)
- lišćeleaves, foliage (collective)
- lìsicafox
- lȋsta leaf, a sheet; a newspaper (a periodical); the calf of the leg
- lȉst nepòkretnostia cadastre extract, a property sheet (the official name)
- lista željaa list of preferences (of schools)
- listopadOctober (Croatian; Serbian oktobar; November in Czech and Polish)
- lȉtarlitre
- literatúraa reading list; literature (on a subject)
- litito pour (imperfective; lije kao iz kabla, it’s pouring)
- litotalitotes (understatement: nije loše)
- litùrgijaliturgy, church service
- lìvadameadow
- lògikalogic
- logovati seto log in (colloquial)
- lokalanlocal (of authorities, elections, a paper)
- lokalìzama localism
- lòkālnā samoùpravalocal self-government
- lomitito break (imperfective of slomiti)
- lònacpot (tall); cooking pot; crock
- lópovthief
- lȍptaball
- lȍšbad (opposite of dobar)
- lȍšebadly; bad
- lȍtolotto
- lóvadosh; dough (slang, friends only); cash (money in general)
- lovaca hunter
- lovitito hunt; to try to catch (imperfective)
- lòzīnkapassword
- lubènicawatermelon
- ludmad, crazy
- ludetito be crazy (about: ludim za fudbalom)
- lùdilomadness; insanely good, awesome (slang)
- ludomadly; (colloquial) brilliantly (Ludo smo se proveli)
- lȕkonion; bow (the weapon), arc (another word, lȗk)
- lȕkavcunning, sly
- lulaa (tobacco) pipe
- lupatito bang, knock (also of a heart: to pound)
- lúpati glávuto rack one’s brains
- lútatito wander, roam
- lùtrijalottery