lag

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Quotations 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 Related terms 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Quotations 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 See also 1.7 Anagrams 2 Afrikaans 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Verb 3 Danish 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Inflection 4 Dutch 4.1 Verb form 5 Faroese 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Usage notes 5.2.2 Declension 6 German 6.1 Verb 7 Icelandic 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronunciation 7.3 Noun 7.3.1 Declension 8 Irish 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Pronunciation 8.3 Adjective 9 Maltese 9.1 Noun 9.1.1 Synonyms 10 Norwegian 10.1 Noun 11 Swedish 11.1 Etymology 1 11.1.1 Pronunciation 11.1.2 Noun 11.1.2.1 See also 11.2 Etymology 2 11.2.1 Pronunciation 11.2.2 Noun 11.2.2.1 Derived terms 11.3 Etymology 3 11.3.1 Pronunciation 11.3.2 Noun 11.3.2.1 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æɡ

[edit] Adjective

lag (comparative lagger, superlative laggest)

• (Confirmation of this inflected form is sought) lagger

1. late

[edit] Quotations

• 1592: Some tardy cripple bore the countermand, / That came too lag to see him buried. — William Shakespeare, King Richard III

[edit] Noun

lag (plural lags)

1. a gap; an interval created by something not keeping up
2. (British, slang) a prisoner, a criminal.
3. (Internet) bad connection, loss of connection, causing a delay

[edit] Quotations

• 2004: During the Second World War, for instance, the Washington Senators had a starting rotation that included four knuckleball pitchers. But, still, I think that some of that was just a generational lag. — The New Yorker Online, 10 May 2004

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• time lag
• jet lag

[edit] Verb

to lag (third-person singular simple present lags, present participle lagging, simple past and past participle lagged)

1. to not keep up (the pace), to fall behind
2. to cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material
3. (Internet) The action in which a computer or server slows or halts in response to a poor connection

[edit] Quotations

to fail to keep up

• 1587???: Lazy beast! / Why last art thou now? Thou hast never used / To lag thus hindmost — George Chapman, The Odysseys of Homer

• 1596: Behind her farre away a Dwarfe did lag, / That lasie seemd in being ever last, / Or wearied with bearing of her bag / Of needments at his backe. — Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Canto I

• 1798: Brown skeletons of leaves that lag / My forest-brook along — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in seven parts, 1798

Construction: to lag behind

• ???: While he, whose tardy feet had lagg'd behind, / Was doom'd the sad reward of death to find. — The Metamorphoses of Ovid translated into English verse under the direction of Sir Samuel Garth by John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, William Congreve and other eminent hands

• 2004: Over the next fifty years, by most indicators dear to economists, the country remained the richest in the world. But by another set of numbers—longevity and income inequality—it began to lag behind Northern Europe and Japan. — The New Yorker, 5 April 2004

to cover with felt strips

• 1974???: Outside seems old enough: / Red brick, lagged pipes, and someone walking by it / Out to the car park, free. — Philip Larkin, The Building

[edit] Derived terms

• lagging
• laggard

[edit] See also

• tardy

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of AGL
• gal, Gal, Gal., GAL
• GLA

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[edit] Afrikaans

[edit] Etymology

Dutch lachen

[edit] Verb

lag

1. laugh

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse lag.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /laːg/, [læːˀj], [læjˀ]

[edit] Noun

lag n. (singular definite laget, plural indefinite lag)

1. layer
2. coat, coating
3. class
4. stratum

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Verb form

lag

1. singular past tense of liggen

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [lɛaː]

[edit] Noun

lag n.

1. layer
2. (in compounds) what belongs together (company, union)
3. regularity, order
4. skill, capability
5. method, system
6. importance
7. mood
8. design, shape
9. melody

[edit] Usage notes

what belongs together

• (in compounds): felag, hjúnalag, etc.

order

• í lagi - in order, all right, ok

skill

• hann hevur gott lag á tí - he has good skills in that

importance

• tað liggur einki lag á - this is not important

mood

• tað er einki lag á honum - he is in a bad mood

[edit] Declension

n6	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lag	lagið	løg	løgini
Accusative	lag	lagið	løg	løgini
Dative	lag(i)	lag(i)num	løgum	løgunum
Genitive	lags	lagsins	laga	laganna

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[edit] German

[edit] Verb

lag

1. First-person singular indicative past form of liegen.
2. Third-person singular indicative past form of liegen.

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse lag.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /laːɣ/ ( listen^{help, file})

  Rhymes: -aːɣ

[edit] Noun

lag n.

1. layer
2. song

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish lac < Proto-Celtic *laggo- < Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g-, cf. slack and Latin laxus (“‘slack’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA: [l̪ˠɑɡ]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: [l̪ˠaɡ]

[edit] Adjective

lag (genitive singular masculine laig, genitive singular feminine laige, plural laga, comparative laige)

1. weak

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[edit] Maltese

[edit] Noun

lag m.

1. lake

[edit] Synonyms

• għadira f.

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

lag n.

1. layer
2. team (group of people)
3. mood

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Swedish lagh, which is Old Norse lǫg (alternative spelling: lög). Cognate with Danish lov and Norwegian lov. English law is borrowed from Norse. Belongs to Old Norse leggja “to define”.

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for lag	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	lag	lagen	lagar	lagarna
Possessive form	lags	lagens	lagars	lagarnas

lag c.

1. law; a written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and the appropriate consequences thereof. Laws are usually associated with mores.
2. law; the body of written rules governing a society.
3. law; a one-sided contract.
4. law; an observed physical law.
5. (mathematics) law; a statement that is true under specified conditions.

[edit] See also

• lagens långa arm
• lagbok
• lagföra

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Swedish lagher (Old Norse lǫgr) < Proto-Germanic *laǥu- < Proto-Indo-European *laku-. Cognate with Latin lacus.

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for lag	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	lag	lagen	lagar	lagarna
Possessive form	lags	lagens	lagars	lagarnas

lag c.

1. (cooking) a water-based solution of sugar, salt and/or other spices; e.g. brine

[edit] Derived terms

• saltlag
• sockerlag
• ättikslag

[edit] Etymology 3

From Old Swedish lagh (Old Norse lag). Derived from Old Norse leggja “to lay” or liggja “to lie”.

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for lag	Singular		Plural
neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	lag	laget	lag	lagen
Possessive form	lags	lagets	lags	lagens

lag n.

1. team; group of people which in sports compete together versus another team; or in general, work closely together

[edit] See also

• lagarbete
• lagsport
• lagspel