laf
See also: Laf
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑf
Adjective
laf (comparative laffer, superlative lafst)
- cowardly
- Maar de algemene regel is dat de man, "zwak of sterk", volgens Kuyper "Koning in zijn huis" is en dat "Een man die zijn vrouw in huis 'de baas laat spelen' laf en onmannelijk is. — But the general rule is that the man, "weak or strong," according to Kuyper "is king of his house" and that "a man who lets his wife 'play the boss' is cowardly and unmanly."
Inflection
| Inflection of laf | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | laf | |||
| inflected | laffe | |||
| comparative | laffer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | laf | laffer | het lafst het lafste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | laffe | laffere | lafste |
| n. sing. | laf | laffer | lafste | |
| plural | laffe | laffere | lafste | |
| definite | laffe | laffere | lafste | |
| partitive | lafs | laffers | — | |
Derived terms
Anagrams
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laːv/
- Rhymes: -aːv
Noun
laf n (genitive singular lafs, nominative plural löf)
Declension
Anagrams
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laːf/
Verb
laf
- second-person singular imperative of lafen
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *laibō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɑːf/
Noun
lāf f (nominative plural lāfe)
Descendants
- English: lave
Volapük
Noun
laf (plural lafs)
Declension
declension of laf
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | laf | lafs |
| genitive | lafa | lafas |
| dative | lafe | lafes |
| accusative | lafi | lafis |
| predicative | lafu | lafus |
| vocative | o laf! | o lafs! |
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