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Meaning of lene | Babel Free

Adjective feminine CEFR B1
ˈlɛne̝

Definitions

  1. mild, gentle, soft
    feminine, literary, masculine
  2. Equivalent to 'Soft': A soft-headed or foolish person; an idiot.

Equivalents

English Soft

Examples

“Madre, sabes tu que Esau, meu yrmão he veloso et eu nõ, mays som lem, et se meu padre me apalpar et souber que sóóm eu, medo ey que coyde queo quis [excarnesçer], et em lugar de bendiçõ ey medo que me maldiga.”

Mother, you know that Esau, my brother, is hairy, but not me, I'm hairless; and if my father would touch me and find that it's me, I fear that he would think that I was mocking him, and instead of his blessing I would have his curse

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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