ለ (la)
The Ge'ez letter ለ is called ላዊ (lāwi). It represents a “voiced alveolar lateral approximant”, which is the sounds of <l> in the English words love, lake, and lyric.
Its shape ለ is derived from the epigraphic character: 𐩡. It correlates to the Arabic letter ل, the Syriac letter ܠ, and the Hebrew letter ל.
Ge’ez words starting with ለ include ሌሊት (lelit) “night”, ልብ (ləbb) “heart”, and ልሳን (ləssān) “language”.
