lav
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lav (plural lavs)
- (Britain, slang) Clipping of lavatory.
- Please, miss, I need to go to the lav.
- (film, informal) Clipping of lavalier.
- When you’re recording interviews, it’s best to use a lav.
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Derived termsEdit
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AneityumEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Bislama lav (“to laugh”).
VerbEdit
lav
- to laugh
ReferencesEdit
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
DanishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse lágr, from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz, cognate with Norwegian låg, Swedish låg. English low is borrowed from Old Norse.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
lav (neuter lavt, plural and definite singular attributive lave)
InflectionEdit
Inflection of lav | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Common singular | lav | lavere | lavest2 |
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 2Edit
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).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lav n (singular definite lavet, plural indefinite lav)
InflectionEdit
Etymology 3Edit
Borrowed from Norwegian lav, derived from the verb Old Norse lafa (“to dangle”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lav c or n (singular definite laven or lavet, plural indefinite laver)
InflectionEdit
Etymology 4Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
lav
- imperative of lave
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse lágr and Danish lav
Alternative formsEdit
- låg (Nynorsk also)
AdjectiveEdit
lav (neuter singular lavt, definite singular and plural lave, comparative lavere, indefinite superlative lavest, definite superlative laveste)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Related to the verb lave
NounEdit
lav m (definite singular laven, indefinite plural laver, definite plural lavene)
lav n (definite singular lavet, indefinite plural laver, definite plural lava or lavene)
ReferencesEdit
- “lav” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the verb lave
NounEdit
lav n (definite singular lavet, indefinite plural lav, definite plural lava)
ReferencesEdit
- “lav” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lȁv m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏в)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- mòrskī lȁv (“sea lion”)
- làvica
- lȁvljī
- làvovskī
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
lav c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of lav | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lav | laven | lavar | lavarna |
Genitive | lavs | lavens | lavars | lavarnas |
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NounEdit
lav
VolapükEdit
NounEdit
lav (nominative plural lavs)