# Л

| Л | U+041B, &#1051; CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EL |
| ← К [U+041A] | Cyrillic | М → [U+041C] |
* A Greek-like glyph is used for Bulgarian.

## Translingual
### Letter

Л (lower case л)
* A letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

### Symbol

Л
* The Lobachevsky function, also referred to as an uppercase Lambda.

#### Derived terms

* Ԯ

### Gallery

* Regular.
* Italics.
* Handwritten.

## Bashkir
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /l/, /ɫ/

### Letter

Л • (L) (lower case л)
* The sixteenth letter of the Bashkir alphabet

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) хәреф; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Ҙ ҙ, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ҡ ҡ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Ҫ ҫ, Т т, У у, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ә ә, Ю ю, Я я

## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: [ɫ]

### Letter

Л • (L) (upper case, lower case л)
* The twelfth letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called лъ (l), and written in the Cyrillic script.

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ж ж, З з, И и (Ѝ ѝ), Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я

## Eastern Mari
### Letter

Л • (L) (upper case, lower case л)
* The thirteenth letter of the Eastern Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

#### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, Ҥ ҥ, О о, Ӧ ӧ, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ӱ ӱ, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

## Kazakh

Alternative scripts :
| Arabic | ل |
| Cyrillic | Л |
| Latin | L |
| Yañalif | L |

### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /l/

### Letter

Л • (L) (upper case, lower case л)
* The sixteenth letter of the Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Ә ә, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Қ қ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ұ ұ, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, І і, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /ɫ/, IPA: /l/ before е (e), и (i) and ј (j)
* (letter name): IPA: [ɫə]

### Letter

Л • (L) (upper case, lower case л) (italics: Л, л)
* The fourteenth letter of the Macedonian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Ѓ ѓ, Е е, Ж ж, З з, Ѕ ѕ, И и, Ј ј, К к, Л л, Љ љ, М м, Н н, Њ њ, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, Ќ ќ, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Џ џ, Ш ш

## Mongolian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɮ/

### Letter

Л • (L) (upper case, lower case л) (italics: Л, л)
* The thirteenth letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called эл (el), and written in the Cyrillic script.

#### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) үсэг; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

## Pannonian Rusyn
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈl]

### Letter

Л (L) (upper case, lower case л)
* The fifteenth letter of the Pannonian Rusyn alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

#### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ґ ґ, Д д, Е е, Є є, Ж ж, З з, И и, Ї ї, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ю ю, Я я, Ь ь

## Russian
### Letter

Л • (L) (upper case, lower case л)
* The thirteenth letter of the Russian alphabet, called эль (elʹ), and written in the Cyrillic script.

#### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) бу́ква; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я
* Cyrillic script letter names: бу́квы (búkvy): а (a) · бэ (bɛ) · вэ (vɛ) · гэ (gɛ) · дэ (dɛ) · е (je) · ё (jo) · же (že) · зэ (zɛ) · и (i) · и́ кра́ткое (í krátkoje)/ий (ij) · ка (ka) · эл (el)~эль (elʹ) · эм (em) · эн (en) · о (o) · пэ (pɛ) · эр (er) · эс (es) · тэ (tɛ) · у (u) · эф (ef) · ха (xa) · цэ (cɛ) · че (če) · ша (ša) · ща (šča) · твёрдый зна́к (tvjórdyj znák) · ы (y)/еры́ (jerý) · мя́гкий зна́к (mjáxkij znák) · э (e)/э́ оборо́тное (é oborótnoje) · ю (ju) · я (ja)

### Noun

Л • (L) f inan (indeclinable)
* (chess) abbreviation of ладья́ (ladʹjá, “R (rook, castle)”)
* (metallurgy) abbreviation of лату́нь (latúnʹ, “brass”)
* abbreviation of ла́мпа (lámpa, “lamp”)
* abbreviation of лебёдка (lebjódka, “winch”)

### Proper noun

Л • (L) m inan (indeclinable)
* (steam locomotives) abbreviation of Лебедянский (Lebedjanskij, “Lebedyanskiy”)
* (submarine series) abbreviation of «Ле́нинец» («Léninec», “K-137 Leninets (Yankee Navaga)”)

### Adjective

Л • (L) (indeclinable)
* abbreviation of ле́вый (lévyj, “left”)
* abbreviation of ле́тний (létnij, “summer”) (diesel oil marking)
* (shipping) abbreviation of легкове́сный (lexkovésnyj, “lightweight”) (ship class)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* L (Serbo-Croatian Latin, Roman alphabet)

### Letter

Л (upper case, lower case л)
* The thirteenth letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter К (K) and is followed by the letter Љ (Lj).

## Tajik
### Letter

Л • (L) (upper case, lower case л)
* The sixteenth letter of the Tajik alphabet, called эл (el), and written in the Cyrillic script.

#### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Ӣ ӣ, Й й, К к, Қ қ, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ӯ ӯ, Ф ф, Х х, Ҳ ҳ, Ч ч, Ҷ ҷ, Ш ш, Ъ ъ, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

## Ukrainian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɫ]
* Audio:(file)

### Letter

Л • (L) (upper case, lower case л)
* The sixteenth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called ел (el), and written in the Cyrillic script.

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ґ ґ, Д д, Е е, Є є, Ж ж, З з, И и, І і, Ї ї, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я