lav

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

Singular
lav

Plural
lavs

lav (plural lavs)

  1. (British, slang) Lavatory.
    Please miss, Johnny wants to go to the lav.

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  • Anagrams of alv
  • Val

[edit] Danish

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse lágr (whence also English low and Norwegian bokmål låg/lav)

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

  1. low

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse lag (layer) (plural lǫg (legal)).

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

  1. guild
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[edit] Etymology 3

From Old Norse lafa (to dangle)

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lav c. (singular definite laven, plural indefinite laver)

or

lav n. (singular definite lavet, plural indefinite laver)

  1. lichen
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lav

  1. Imperative of lave.

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.

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lȁv m. (Cyrillic spelling ла̏в)

  1. lion (mammal)
  2. (astronomy, astrology) Leo

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lav c.

Inflection for lav Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form lav laven lavar lavarna
Possessive form lavs lavens lavars lavarnas
  1. lichen
  2. bench in sauna

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bench

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lichen