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lav

See also: LAV and Lav

Translingual edit

Symbol edit

lav

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Latvian.

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English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /læv/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æv

Noun edit

lav (plural lavs)

  1. (British, slang) Clipping of lavatory.
    Please, miss, I need to go to the lav.
    • Quoted in 2006, Matt Houlbrook, Queer London (page 151)
      If you had too much slap on when you went out . . . your mates say too much slap on your ecaf. Yeah. Oh really girl? Yes . . . Go in the lavs here and have a look.
  2. (film, informal) Clipping of lavalier.
    When you’re recording interviews, it’s best to use a lav.

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Aneityum edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Bislama lav (“to laugh”).

Verb edit

lav

  1. to laugh

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Noun edit

lav f

  1. genitive plural of lava

Danish edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse lágr, from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz, cognate with Norwegian låg, Swedish låg. English low is borrowed from Old Norse.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːˀv/, [ˈlæˀʋ], [ˈlæwˀ]

Adjective edit

lav (neuter lavt, plural and definite singular attributive lave)

  1. low
Inflection edit
Inflection of lav
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular lav lavere lavest2
Indefinite neuter singular lavt lavere lavest2
Plural lave lavere lavest2
Definite attributive1 lave lavere laveste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse lag (“layer”), from Proto-Germanic *lagą. Doublet of lag and layer (the Old Norse plural lǫg lives on in Danish lov and English law).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaw(ˀ)/, [ˈlɑw], [ˈlɑwˀ]

Noun edit

 
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lav n (singular definite lavet, plural indefinite lav)

  1. guild
Inflection edit
Declension of lav
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lav lavet lav lavene
genitive lavs lavets lavs lavenes
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Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Norwegian lav, derived from the verb Old Norse lafa (“to dangle”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

 
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lav c or n (singular definite laven or lavet, plural indefinite laver)

  1. lichen
Declension edit
Declension of lav
either
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lav laven
lavet 		laver laverne
genitive lavs lavens
lavets 		lavers lavernes

Etymology 4 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːˀv/, [ˈlæˀʋ], [ˈlæwˀ]

Verb edit

lav

  1. imperative of lave

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Danish lav.

Alternative forms edit

Adjective edit

lav (neuter singular lavt, definite singular and plural lave, comparative lavere, indefinite superlative lavest, definite superlative laveste)

  1. low
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Etymology 2 edit

 
Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
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From Danish lav, itself a borrowing from Norwegian lav. Related to the verb lave.

Noun edit

lav m (definite singular laven, indefinite plural laver, definite plural lavene)
lav n (definite singular lavet, indefinite plural laver, definite plural lava or lavene)

  1. lichen

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
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Etymology edit

From the verb lava (“to dangle”), from Old Norse lafa. Cognate with Norn lav, Icelandic laf and Swedish lav.

Noun edit

lav n (definite singular lavet, indefinite plural lav, definite plural lava)

  1. lichen
  2. something that hangs down
    1. a cobweb that dangles from the roof
    2. rain and dew drops in a tree
    3. ash from leaves or needles that hangs on burnt twigs

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Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from a Germanic language.

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Noun edit

lȁv m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏в)

  1. lion (mammal)
  2. (astronomy, astrology) Leo

Declension edit

Declension of lav
singular plural
nominative lȁv lȁvovi
genitive lȁva lȁvōvā
dative lȁvu lȁvovima
accusative lȁva lȁvove
vocative lȁve lȁvovi
locative lȁvu lȁvovima
instrumental lȁvom lȁvovima

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Swedish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk lav

Noun edit

lav c

  1. lichen

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Etymology 2 edit

From Old Swedish lavi, possibly from the root of loge (“kind of barn”).

The other version derives it to Slavic origins, through Finnish. Ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lā́ˀwāˀ. Cognate with modern Russian лавка (lavka) and modern Finnish lava.

Noun edit

lav c

  1. bench in sauna

Declension edit

Declension of lav 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lav laven lavar lavarna
Genitive lavs lavens lavars lavarnas

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Tok Pisin edit

Etymology edit

From English love.

Noun edit

lav

  1. love

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French lave

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lav (definite accusative lavı, plural lavlar)

  1. lava

Volapük edit

Noun edit

lav (nominative plural lavs)

  1. wash, washing (the action or activity)

Declension edit

declension of lav
singular plural
nominative lav lavs
genitive lava lavas
dative lave laves
accusative lavi lavis
vocative 1 o lav! o lavs!
predicative 2 lavu lavus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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