lav
Translingual[edit]
Symbol[edit]
lav
Further reading[edit]
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lav (plural lavs)
- (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.
- (film, informal) Clipping of lavalier.
- When you’re recording interviews, it’s best to use a lav.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Aneityum[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Bislama lav (“to laugh”).
Verb[edit]
lav
- to laugh
References[edit]
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lav f
Danish[edit]
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]
Adjective[edit]
lav (neuter lavt, plural and definite singular attributive lave)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of lav | |||
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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]
Noun[edit]
lav n (singular definite lavet, plural indefinite lav)
Inflection[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- nouns: bådelav, ejerlav, håndværkerlav, vandrelav, vandrerlav, vindmøllelav, vejlav
Etymology 3[edit]
Borrowed from Norwegian lav, derived from the verb Old Norse lafa (“to dangle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lav c or n (singular definite laven or lavet, plural indefinite laver)
Declension[edit]
Etymology 4[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
lav
- imperative of lave
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- låg (Nynorsk also)
Adjective[edit]
lav (neuter singular lavt, definite singular and plural lave, comparative lavere, indefinite superlative lavest, definite superlative laveste)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
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)
References[edit]
- “lav” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
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)
- lichen
- something that hangs down
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “lav” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from a Germanic language.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lȁv m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏в)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- làvica
- làvovskī
- lȁvljī
- mòrskī lȁv (“sea lion”)
Swedish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk lav
Noun[edit]
lav c
Derived terms[edit]
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
- bench in sauna
Declension[edit]
Declension of lav | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lav | laven | lavar | lavarna |
Genitive | lavs | lavens | lavars | lavarnas |
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- lav in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- lav in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- lav in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams[edit]
Tok Pisin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
lav
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lav (definite accusative lavı, plural lavlar)
Volapük[edit]
Noun[edit]
lav (nominative plural lavs)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual symbols
- ISO 639-2
- ISO 639-3
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/æv
- Rhymes:English/æv/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- British English
- English slang
- English clippings
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Film
- English informal terms
- en:Toilet (room)
- Aneityum terms borrowed from Bislama
- Aneityum terms derived from Bislama
- Aneityum lemmas
- Aneityum verbs
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech non-lemma forms
- Czech noun forms
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish adjectives
- Danish doublets
- Danish nouns
- Danish neuter nouns
- Danish terms borrowed from Norwegian
- Danish terms derived from Norwegian
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Danish nouns with multiple genders
- Danish non-lemma forms
- Danish verb forms
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Danish
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Danish
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål adjectives
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- nb:Plants
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- nn:Plants
- Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Germanic languages
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Astronomy
- sh:Astrology
- sh:Felids
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- sv:Lichens
- Tok Pisin terms derived from English
- Tok Pisin lemmas
- Tok Pisin nouns
- tpi:Love
- Turkish terms borrowed from French
- Turkish terms derived from French
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- Volapük lemmas
- Volapük nouns