לַעַז

לַעַזm. (preced.) 1) foreign tongue, esp. Greek. Meg.18a בל׳ יוני the laʾaz (of Mish. II, 1) means Greek. Ib. שכתובה בל׳ יוני Ms. M. (ed. יונית) written in Greek (translation). Ib. בכל ל׳ in any foreign tongue. Y. ib. I, 71b bot.; Y.Sot.VIII, 21c top; Esth. R. to I, 22, v. זֶמֶר I; a. fr. 2) evil talk, disrepute.הוציא ל׳ על to spread evil talk against, to cast suspicion, discredit. Kidd.81a שלא תהא מוציא ל׳ על בניה that you may not (by punishing her for private meeting with a man, v. יִחוּד) cast suspicion on the legitimacy of her children. Snh.43b אל תוציא ל׳ עלוכ׳ do not discredit the decision by lots; a. fr.