laug
Estonian
Etymology
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Declension
Declension of laug (ÕS type 22e/riik, ug-ø gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | laug | laud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | lau | ||
genitive | laugude | ||
partitive | laugu | lauge laugusid | |
illative | laugu lausse |
laugudesse laesse | |
inessive | laus | laugudes laes | |
elative | laust | laugudest laest | |
allative | laule | laugudele laele | |
adessive | laul | laugudel lael | |
ablative | lault | laugudelt laelt | |
translative | lauks | laugudeks laeks | |
terminative | launi | laugudeni | |
essive | launa | laugudena | |
abessive | lauta | laugudeta | |
comitative | lauga | laugudega |
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic *laugō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /løyːɣ/
- Rhymes: -øyːɣ
Noun
laug f (genitive singular laugar, nominative plural laugar)
- bath, pool
- hot spring, warm spring, a naturally warm pool with temperatures around 20-50°C
Declension
Derived terms
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /læʉ̯ɡ/
Etymology 1
Older spelling of lag (“law, rule”)
Noun
laug n (definite singular lauget, indefinite plural laug, definite plural lauga or laugene)
- a craft union
- (historical) guild
Derived terms
- laugsbror
- laugsvesen
- laugsånd
Etymology 2
From Old Norse laug, related to Latin lavare (“wash”). Descendant can be found in the prefix of lørdag (“Saturday”) which in Old Norse was laugardagr.
Verb
laug
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lœʊːɡ/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic *laugō.
Related terms
- lauga (“to bathe, wash”)
Etymology 2
Through Norwegian Bokmål from older Danish laug, a spelling variant of lag. Doublet of lag.
Noun
laug n (definite singular lauget, indefinite plural laug, definite plural lauga)
- a craft union
- (historical) guild
Derived terms
- laugsbror
- laugsvesen
- laugsånd
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *laugō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-.
Noun
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Descendants
Verb
laug
References
- “laug”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press