# luz
## Translingual
### Symbol

luz
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Southern Luri.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Southern Luri terms

## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew לוּז (luz, “almond”).

### Noun

luz
* A small bone in the human spinal column, believed in Muslim and Jewish traditions to be the indestructible bone from which the body will be rebuilt at the time of resurrection.
* The almond tree

## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Latin lux.

### Noun

luz f
* light

### References

* Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “luz”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese luz, from Latin lūcem, from Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Compare Portuguese luz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈluθ/ [ˈluθ]
* IPA: (standard) /ˈluθ/ [ˈluθ]
* IPA: (seseo) /ˈlus/ [ˈlus]
* Rhymes: -uθ
* Rhymes: -uθ
* Rhymes: -us
* Hyphenation: luz

### Noun

luz f (plural luces)
* light
* daylight

#### Derived terms

* lucecú
* luceiro

#### Related terms

* lucir

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “luz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “luz”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “luz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “luz”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “luz”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin lūcem, from Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“white; light; bright”).

### Noun

luz f (plural luzs)
* daylight

#### Related terms

* Lugo
* lume
* Luzia
* lũa
* lũar
* lũes

#### Descendants

* Galician: luz
* Portuguese: luz

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "luz"

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* lus (Central Greater Poland)

### Etymology

Borrowed from German los.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlus/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -us
* Syllabification: luz

### Noun

luz m inan (diminutive luzik)
* spacious place
* (colloquial) free time, leisure
* (colloquial) ease (freedom from effort, difficulty or hardship)
    Synonym: swoboda
* (colloquial) margin (in machine learning: distance from the data point to a decision boundary)
    Synonym: marża
* (colloquial, automotive) idle (running a vehicle's engine when the vehicle is not in motion)
    Synonym: bieg jałowy

#### Derived terms

* luźny
* luzem
* luzaczka
* luzak
* poluźniać impf
* poluźnić pf
* rozluźniać impf
* rozluźnić pf

#### Related terms

* luzacki
* luzacko
* luźnie
* luźno

### Further reading

* luz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* luz in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese luz, from Latin lūcem, from Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Doublet of lux. Compare Galician luz.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlu(j)s/ [ˈlu(ɪ̯)s]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlu(j)s/ [ˈlu(ɪ̯)s]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈlu(j)ʃ/ [ˈlu(ɪ̯)ʃ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈluʃ/
* Audio (São Paulo):(file)
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -us, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃ
* Hyphenation: luz

#### Noun

luz f (plural luzes)
* light (medium within which vision is possible)
** 1915, Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa), “É noite”:
    É noite. A noite é muito escura. Numa casa a uma grande distancia. Brilha a luz d'uma janella.It's night. The night is very dark. In a house a great distance away. The light from a window shines.
* light; light source (object that emits light)
* (figurative) light; enlightenment (knowledge about things as they really are)
* (colloquial) electricity

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:luz.

##### Derived terms

* à luz de
* dar à luz

##### Related terms

* lúcido
* lucífero
* luzerna
* lúzio
* luzir

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

luz
* inflection of luzir:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish luz, from Latin lūcem, from Proto-Italic *louks, from Proto-Indo-European *léwks (“light”). Compare the borrowed doublet lux.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ˈluθ/ [ˈluθ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈlus/ [ˈlus]
* Rhymes: -uθ
* Rhymes: -us
* Syllabification: luz

### Noun

luz f (plural luces)
* light
    la luz extinguidathe extinguished light
* (anatomy) lumen
* (figurative, usually in the plural) brightness, intelligence
    Vas a llegar con menos luces.You're going to get there with less intellect.
* (figurative) focus, point of view, understanding
    Debes verlo bajo una nueva luz.You must see it from a new point of view.
* (electricity) electric power
    Se fue la luz.The lights went out. (There is a blackout.)
* (architecture) span

#### Derived terms

* a buena luz
* a la luz de
* a media luz
* a plena luz del día
* a primera luz
* a toda luz; a todas luces
* aluzar
* año de luz
* año luz
* araña de luces
* arrojar luz
* bichito de luz
* bicho de luz
* Ciudad de la Luz
* cono de luz
* dar a luz
* disciplinante de luz
* entre dos luces
* gusano de luz
* hágase la luz
* lucecita
* lucero
* luces de avería
* luces de emergencia
* luces del norte
* luz antiniebla
* luz artificial
* luz blanca
* luz corta
* luz crepuscular
* luz de Bengala
* luz de carretera
* luz de cruce
* luz de freno
* luz de giro
* luz de luz
* luz natural
* luz negra
* luz solar
* luz trasera
* luz ultravioleta
* luz verde
* luz y sombra
* luz zodiacal
* mesa de luz
* patio de luces
* rayo de luz
* sable de luz
* salir a la luz
* servidumbre de luces
* toque de luz
* traje de luces
* velocidad de la luz

#### Related terms

* lucerna
* Lucía
* lúcido
* luciérnaga
* lucífero
* Lucio
* lucio
* lucir
* lumínico

### Further reading

* “luz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10