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See also: LAV and Lav

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Latvian or Latvian latviešu valoda.

Symbol

lav

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Latvian.

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English

Pronunciation

Noun

lav (plural lavs)

  1. (UK, Ireland, slang) Clipping of lavatory.
    Please, miss, I need to go to the lav.
    • Quoted in 2006, Matt Houlbrook, Queer London (page 151)
      If you had too much slap on when you went out . . . your mates say too much slap on your ecaf. Yeah. Oh really girl? Yes . . . Go in the lavs here and have a look.
  2. (film, informal) Clipping of lavalier microphone.
    When you’re recording interviews, it’s best to use a lav.

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Aneityum

Etymology

Borrowed from Bislama lav (“to laugh”).

Verb

lav

  1. to laugh

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Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlaf]
  • Hyphenation: lav

Noun

lav f

  1. genitive plural of lava

Danish

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Etymology 1

From Old Danish lagh, from Old Norse lágr, from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz, cognate with Norwegian låg, Swedish låg. English low is borrowed from Old Norse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːˀv/, [ˈlæˀʋ], [ˈlæwˀ]

Adjective

lav (neuter lavt, plural and definite singular attributive lave)

  1. low (all senses)
    Synonyms: lille, kort, primitiv, dæmpet
    Antonyms: dyb, høj
    Coordinate terms: snæver, tarvelig, slet
Inflection
More information positive, comparative ...

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
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From Old Norse lag (“layer”), from Proto-Germanic *lagą. Doublet of lag, [Term?], and layer (the Old Norse plural lǫg lives on in Danish lov and English law).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaw(ˀ)/, [ˈlɑw], [ˈlɑwˀ]

Noun

lav n (singular definite lavet, plural indefinite lav)

  1. guild
    Synonym: forening
Inflection
More information neuter gender, singular ...
Derived terms
  • nouns: bådelav, ejerlav, håndværkerlav, vandrelav, vandrerlav, vindmøllelav, vejlav

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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Norwegian lav, derived from the verb Old Norse lafa (“to dangle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lav c or n (singular definite laven or lavet, plural indefinite laver)

  1. lichen
Declension
More information either gender, singular ...

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːˀv/, [ˈlæˀʋ], [ˈlæwˀ]

Verb

lav

  1. imperative of lave
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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Danish lav.

Alternative forms

Adjective

lav (neuter singular lavt, definite singular and plural lave, comparative lavere, indefinite superlative lavest, definite superlative laveste)

  1. low
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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From Danish lav, itself a borrowing from Norwegian lav. Related to the verb lave.

Noun

lav m (definite singular laven, indefinite plural laver, definite plural lavene)
lav n (definite singular lavet, indefinite plural laver, definite plural lava or lavene)

  1. lichen

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From the verb lava (“to dangle”), from Old Norse lafa. Cognate with Norn lav, Icelandic laf and Swedish lav.

Noun

lav n (definite singular lavet, indefinite plural lav, definite plural lava)

  1. lichen
  2. something that hangs down
    1. a cobweb that dangles from the roof
    2. rain and dew drops in a tree
    3. ash from leaves or needles that hangs on burnt twigs

Derived terms

  • bjørkelav
  • bladlav
  • brunkrinslav
  • brødlav
  • einelav
  • ekornlav
  • furelav, furulav
  • gardlav
  • gjerdelav
  • granlav
  • grønlav
  • gullav
  • gulsottlav
  • ikornlav
  • islandslav
  • jervelav
  • kartlav
  • lungelav
  • mannalav
  • massinglav
  • matlav
  • messinglav
  • navlelav
  • reinlav
  • reinsdyrlav
  • saltlav
  • skinnlav
  • skjegglav
  • skorpelav
  • snømållav
  • steinlav
  • trønderlav
  • ulvelav
  • øyrelav

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from a Germanic language.

Pronunciation

Noun

lȁv m anim (Cyrillic spelling ла̏в)

  1. lion (mammal)
  2. (astronomy, astrology) Leo
  3. (soccer, chiefly in plural) Olympique Lyonnais player

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

  • làvica
  • lȁvljī
  • làvovskī
  • mòrskī lȁv (“sea lion”)
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Swedish

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk lav

Noun

lav c

  1. lichen
Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish lavi, possibly from the root of loge (“kind of barn”).

The other version derives it to Slavic origins, through Finnish. Ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lā́ˀwāˀ. Cognate with modern Russian лавка (lavka) and modern Finnish lava.

Noun

lav c

  1. bench in sauna
    Synonyms: bastulav, lave
Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English love.

Noun

lav

  1. love

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French lave

Pronunciation

Noun

lav (definite accusative lavı, plural lavlar)

  1. lava

Volapük

Noun

lav (nominative plural lavs)

  1. wash, washing (the action or activity)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

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