laug

Estonian

Etymology

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Noun

laug (genitive lau, partitive laugu)

  1. lid, eyelid

Declension
Declension of laug (ÕS type 22e/riik, ug-ø gradation)
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)

  1. bath, pool
  2. hot spring, warm spring, a naturally warm pool with temperatures around 20-50°C

Declension
declension of laug
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative laug laugin laugar laugarnar
accusative laug laugina laugar laugarnar
dative laug lauginni laugum laugunum
genitive laugar laugarinnar lauga lauganna

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)

  1. a craft union
  2. (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.

Noun

laug n (definite singular lauget, indefinite plural laug, definite plural lauga or laugene)

  1. (dated) bath, wash

Verb

laug

  1. (non-standard since 2005) past tense of ljuge
  2. (non-standard since 2005) past tense of lyge

References
  • “laug” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “laug” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
  • “laug” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lœʊːɡ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic *laugō.

Noun

laug n (definite singular lauget, indefinite plural laug, definite plural lauga)

  1. bath, wash
  • 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)

  1. a craft union
  2. (historical) guild
Derived terms
  • laugsbror
  • laugsvesen
  • laugsånd

Verb

laug

  1. past tense of ljuga
  2. past tense of lyga

References
  • “laug” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “laug” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Anagrams

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *laugō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-.

Noun

laug f (genitive laugar, plural laugar)

  1. bath
  2. hot spring
    fyrir sunnan ána eru laugar
    to the south of the river are hot springs
Declension
  Declension of laug (strong ō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative laug laugin laugar laugarnar
accusative laug laugina laugar laugarnar
dative laug, laugu lauginni, laugunni laugum laugunum
genitive laugar laugarinnar lauga lauganna
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Icelandic: laug
  • Faroese: leyg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: laug
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: laug
  • Old Swedish: løgh
  • Danish: løv, lø, løj, lørdag, Løgum (placename)

Verb

laug

  1. first-person singular past indicative active of ljúga
  2. third-person singular past indicative active of ljúga

References
  • “laug”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lǫgъ.

Noun

laug ?

  1. meadow near a river
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