laug

Estonian

Noun

laug (genitive lau, partitive laugu)

  1. lid, eyelid

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Older spelling of lag (“law, rule”)

Noun

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

  1. craft union
  2. (historical) guild
Compounds
  • 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

References

  • “laug” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “laug” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /læʉɡ/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

Older spelling of lag (“law, rule”)

Noun

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

  1. craft union
  2. (historical) guild
Compounds
  • laugsbror
  • laugsvesen
  • laugsånd

Etymology 2

From Old Norse laug, related to Latin lavare (“wash”). Descendant can be found in the prefix of laurdag (“Saturday”) which in Old Norse was laugardagr

Noun

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

  1. (dated) bath, wash

Verb

laug

  1. imperative of lauga

Etymology 3

Verb

laug

  1. past tense of ljuga and ljuge
  2. past tense of lyga and lyge

References

  • “laug” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “laug” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lugъ.

Noun

laug

  1. meadow near a river
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