laug
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
laug (genitive lau, partitive laugu)
Declension edit
Declension of laug (ÕS type 22e/riik, ug-ø gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | laug | laud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | lau | ||
genitive | laugude | ||
partitive | laugu | lauge laugusid | |
illative | laugu lausse |
laugudesse laesse | |
inessive | laus | laugudes laes | |
elative | laust | laugudest laest | |
allative | laule | laugudele laele | |
adessive | laul | laugudel lael | |
ablative | lault | laugudelt laelt | |
translative | lauks | laugudeks laeks | |
terminative | launi | laugudeni | |
essive | launa | laugudena | |
abessive | lauta | laugudeta | |
comitative | lauga | laugudega |
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic *laugō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
laug f (genitive singular laugar, nominative plural laugar)
- bath, pool
- hot spring, warm spring, a naturally warm pool with temperatures around 20-50°C
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Older spelling of lag (“law, rule”)
Noun edit
laug n (definite singular lauget, indefinite plural laug, definite plural lauga or laugene)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse laug, related to Latin lavare (“wash”). Descendant can be found in the prefix of lørdag (“Saturday”) which in Old Norse was laugardagr.
Noun edit
laug n (definite singular lauget, indefinite plural laug, definite plural lauga or laugene)
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
laug
References edit
- “laug” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “laug” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “laug” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic *laugō.
Noun edit
laug n (definite singular lauget, indefinite plural laug, definite plural lauga)
Related terms edit
- lauga (“to bathe, wash”)
Etymology 2 edit
Through Norwegian Bokmål from older Danish laug, a spelling variant of lag. Doublet of lag.
Noun edit
laug n (definite singular lauget, indefinite plural laug, definite plural lauga)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
laug
References edit
Anagrams edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *laugō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-.
Noun edit
laug f (genitive laugar, plural laugar)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: laug
- Faroese: leyg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: laug
- → Norwegian Bokmål: laug
- Old Swedish: løgh
- Swedish: lög
- Danish: løv, lø, løj, lørdag, Løgum (placename)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
laug
- first-person singular past indicative active of ljúga
- third-person singular past indicative active of ljúga
References edit
- “laug”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Polabian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *lǫgъ.
Noun edit
laug ?
- meadow near a river