laima

See also: Laima and laimā

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lái.màː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [léi.màː]
• Hyphenation: lai‧mā̀

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Kanuri lăimà, from Arabic خَيْمَة (ḵayma).

Noun

laimā̀ f (plural laimōmī, possessed form laimàr̃)

1. tent
2. umbrella
3. parachute
4. shade

Etymology 2

Noun

laimā̀ f (possessed form laimàr̃)

1. dampness

Latvian

Noun

laima m (4th declension)

1. (dialectal) happiness; alternative form of laime

Declension

Declension of laima (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	laima	laimas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	laimu	laimas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	laimas	laimu
dative (datīvs)	laimai	laimām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	laimu	laimām
locative (lokatīvs)	laimā	laimās
vocative (vokatīvs)	laima	laimas

Lithuanian

Noun

laima f

1. (archaic, poetic) luck (archaism, sometimes still used in poetry)

See also

• laimė