læg

See also: laeg

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leggr, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaz (leg, thigh). English leg is borrowed from Old Norse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛːˀɡ/, [ˈlɛˀɡ̊]

Noun

læg c (singular definite læggen, plural indefinite lægge)

  1. (anatomy) calf (of the leg)
Inflection

Etymology 2

Verbal noun from lægge (to lay), compare Norwegian legg and Swedish lägg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛːˀɡ/, [ˈlɛˀɡ̊]

Noun

læg n (singular definite lægget, plural indefinite læg)

  1. pleat
  2. tuck

Etymology 3

From Old Norse leikr, from Middle Low German lek, from Latin lāicus (lay, layman), from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós, of the people), from λαός (laós, people).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛːˀɣ/, [ˈlɛˀj], [ˈlɛˀ]

Adjective

læg (neuter lægt, plural and definite singular attributive læge)

  1. lay (non-professional, non-clergy)
Inflection
Inflection of læg
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular læg 2
Indefinite neuter singular lægt 2
Plural læge 2
Definite attributive1 læge
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.
Derived terms
  • lægbroder
  • lægdommer
  • lægmand
  • lægsøster
  • lægprædikat

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛɡ/, [lɛɡ̊]
  • Homophone: læk

Verb

læg

  1. imperative of lægge

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛːˀɣ/, [ˈlɛˀj], [ˈlɛˀ]

Verb

læg

  1. imperative of læge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

læg

  1. imperative of lægje

Old English

Alternative forms

Verb

læġ

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of liċġan
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