laeg

See also: læg

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• léëch, léïdech (Eupen)
• leeg (Maastrichtian)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch leeg. Displaced older leidig.

Adjective

laeg (comparative laegder, superlative laegs, predicative superlative 't laegs)

1. empty
2. dry
3. dead

Inflection

Declension of laeg

number & gender	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	laege	laeg	laeg	laeg	laeg	laeg
genitive	laegs	laeger	laeger	laeger	laegs	laeger
locative	laeges	laeges	laeges	laeges	laeges	laeges
vocative1	laeg
dative2	laege	laegen	laeger	laegen	laeg	laegen
accusative2	laege	laegen	laeg	laeg	laeg	laegen
1Limited to a few fossilized forms.
2Nowadays obsolete, use the nominative instead.

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *lɤkᴰ (“deep”). Cognate with Thai ลึก (lʉ́k), Northern Thai ᩃᩮᩥᩢ᩠ᨠ, Southern Thai หลึก, Lao ເລິກ (lœk) or ລຶກ (lưk), Lü ᦵᦟᦲᧅ (loek), Shan လိုၵ်ႉ (lṵ̂ek), Ahom 𑜎𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (lük), Nong Zhuang ndaek.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /lak˧/
• Tone numbers: laeg⁸
• Hyphenation: laeg

Adjective

laeg (1957–1982 spelling ləg)

1. deep