English-Azerbaijani dictionary

L, l [el] noun

the 12th letter of the English alphabet: 'Lion' begins with an L.
az: ingilis əlifbasının on ikinci hərfi
ru: двенадцатая буква английского алфавита
♦ abbreviation
1 (on maps) short for lake.
az: göl (xəritədə)
ru: озеро
2 (on clothes labels) short for large
az: böyük ölçü (paltarda)
ru: большой размер одежды
3 (on cars) short for learner – used to show that the driver is a learner and has not passed his/her driving test yet.
az: şagird-sürücü
ru: водитель-ученик

L-plate [ˈel ˌpleit] noun

(in Britain) a sign with the letter L (short for learner) on it that is attached to a car driven by a learner-driver.
az: maşında “Təlim” nişanı
ru: знак на автомобиле, предупреждающий, что за рулём ученик

lab

label [ˈleibl] noun

a small written note fixed on or near anything to tell its contents, owner etc: luggage labels; The label on the blouse said 'Do not iron'.
az: yarlıq, damğa, nişan, etiket
ru: ярлык; бирка
♦ verb (past tense, past participle labelled (British),
to attach a label to: She labelled all the boxes of books carefully.
az: etiket yapışdırmaq, nişanlamaq
ru: прикреплять ярлык

See also:

labor

labor court

labor dispute

labor-saving

laboratory [ləˈborətəri, (American)ˈlӕbrəto:ri] noun (plural laboratories)

(abbreviated to lab [lab]) a place where scientific experiments are carried on or where drugs etc are prepared: Samples of her blood were sent to the hospital lab(oratory) for testing.
az: laboratoriya
ru: лаборатория

See also:

laborer

laborious [ləˈboːriəs] adjective

difficult; requiring hard work: Moving house is always a laborious process.
az: çətin, üzücü, yorucu, zəhmətli
ru: трудный; трудоёмкий

laboriously adverb

I laboriously checked each envelope to make sure they all contained the correct documents.
az: əziyyətlə
ru: с трудом

laboriousness noun

az: əziyyət, çətinlik
ru: трудоёмкость

labour noun (British)

also labor (American)
1 hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour/labor over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour/labor are often badly paid.
az: əmək, zəhmət
ru: труд
2 workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour/labor.
az: işçi, əməkçi
ru: рабочие
3 (in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour/labor for several hours before the baby was born.
az: doğuş ağrıları
ru: роды
4 used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.
az: leyborist partiyası 
ru: лейбористская партия
♦ verb
1 to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring/laboring on a building site.
az: əziyyətə qatlaşmaq,  işləmək
ru: трудиться
2 to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: They laboured/labored through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours/labors a bit on steep hills.
az: gərgin çalışmaq, güc sərf etmək  
ru: двигаться/работать с трудом

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labour court noun (British)

also labor court (American)
(legal) a court of law for settling disputes between management and workers.
az: əmək məhkəməsi
ru: суд по трудовым спорам