lagan

See also: lågan and Lagan

English

Alternative forms

• lagen, lagend, lagon, ligan, ligen, logan

Etymology

Per Littré, from Old French lagan, from Medieval Latin laga maris (“law of the sea”), from Old Norse lǫg (“law”) and Latin maris (“of the sea”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæɡən/

Noun

lagan (uncountable)

1. (law) Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor, attached to a floating marker that indicates ownership.
   • 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 6, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 129:

     The country folk, who were prowling about the shore after the waifs of the storm, deserted jetsom and lagend, and crowded to meet the richer prize.

   • 2015, Anne Harris, "Oceanic Valuation", in Oceanic New York, Punctum Books, page 163:

     "Lagan" was a word already in use, recorded as early as 1200, from a Scandinavian word family for things that lie deep. It is recorded again in 1531 to signify cargo that has sunk and lies on the bottom of the ocean, but might yet be reclaimed.

   • 2022, Lara Messersmith-Glavin, Spirit Things, London: University Press of Colorado, pages 101-112:

     Lagan are those things that are intentionally jettisoned, as well, but which sink below the surface, possibly marked by a buoy or a line.

See also

• flotsam
• jetsam
• derelict
• salvage
• waveson

References

• Frédéric Godefroy, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle, Paris, 1881-1902
• Bryan A. Garner, editor (2015), Black's Law Dictionary, tenth abridged edition, Thomson Reuters, →ISBN

Anagrams

• Galan, Ngala, alang

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

lagan f (plural lagans)

1. lagan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьgъkъ, *lьgъnъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lâɡan/
• Hyphenation: la‧gan

Adjective

lȁgan (Cyrillic spelling ла̏ган, definite lȁganī, comparative lagànijī, derived adverb lȁgano)

1. light

   Antonym: téžak

2. easy (of a task)

   Antonym: téžak

3. (figuratively) slow

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		lagan	lagana	lagano
genitive		lagana	lagane	lagana
dative		laganu	laganoj	laganu
accusative	inanimate animate	lagan lagana	laganu	lagano
vocative		lagan	lagana	lagano
locative		laganu	laganoj	laganu
instrumental		laganim	laganom	laganim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		lagani	lagane	lagana
genitive		laganih	laganih	laganih
dative		laganim(a)	laganim(a)	laganim(a)
accusative		lagane	lagane	lagana
vocative		lagani	lagane	lagana
locative		laganim(a)	laganim(a)	laganim(a)
instrumental		laganim(a)	laganim(a)	laganim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		lagani	lagana	lagano
genitive		laganog(a)	lagane	laganog(a)
dative		laganom(u/e)	laganoj	laganom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	lagani laganog(a)	laganu	lagano
vocative		lagani	lagana	lagano
locative		laganom(e/u)	laganoj	laganom(e/u)
instrumental		laganim	laganom	laganim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		lagani	lagane	lagana
genitive		laganih	laganih	laganih
dative		laganim(a)	laganim(a)	laganim(a)
accusative		lagane	lagane	lagana
vocative		lagani	lagane	lagana
locative		laganim(a)	laganim(a)	laganim(a)
instrumental		laganim(a)	laganim(a)	laganim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		laganiji	laganija	laganije
genitive		laganijeg(a)	laganije	laganijeg(a)
dative		laganijem(u)	laganijoj	laganijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	laganiji laganijeg(a)	laganiju	laganije
vocative		laganiji	laganija	laganije
locative		laganijem(u)	laganijoj	laganijem(u)
instrumental		laganijim	laganijom	laganijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		laganiji	laganije	laganija
genitive		laganijih	laganijih	laganijih
dative		laganijim(a)	laganijim(a)	laganijim(a)
accusative		laganije	laganije	laganija
vocative		laganiji	laganije	laganija
locative		laganijim(a)	laganijim(a)	laganijim(a)
instrumental		laganijim(a)	laganijim(a)	laganijim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najlaganiji	najlaganija	najlaganije
genitive		najlaganijeg(a)	najlaganije	najlaganijeg(a)
dative		najlaganijem(u)	najlaganijoj	najlaganijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najlaganiji najlaganijeg(a)	najlaganiju	najlaganije
vocative		najlaganiji	najlaganija	najlaganije
locative		najlaganijem(u)	najlaganijoj	najlaganijem(u)
instrumental		najlaganijim	najlaganijom	najlaganijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najlaganiji	najlaganije	najlaganija
genitive		najlaganijih	najlaganijih	najlaganijih
dative		najlaganijim(a)	najlaganijim(a)	najlaganijim(a)
accusative		najlaganije	najlaganije	najlaganija
vocative		najlaganiji	najlaganije	najlaganija
locative		najlaganijim(a)	najlaganijim(a)	najlaganijim(a)
instrumental		najlaganijim(a)	najlaganijim(a)	najlaganijim(a)

Related terms

• lȁk

Further reading

• “lagan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025