lave
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English laven (“to wash, pour out, stream”), from Old English lafian, ġelafian (“to pour water on, refresh, wash”), from Proto-Germanic *labōnan (“to refresh, strengthen”), from Proto-Indo-European *lōbh- (“to strengthen oneself, rest”). Cognate with Old Saxon lavōn (Dutch laven, “to refresh, revive”), Old High German labōn, labian (German laben, “to wash, refresh”), Ancient Greek λαπάζειν, ἀλαπάζειν (lapázein, “to empty out, cleanse; to rest, refresh”). The sense of "wash" in West Germanic was reinforced due to association with unrelated Latin lavare (“to wash”).
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lave (third-person singular simple present laves, present participle laving, simple past and past participle laved)
- (transitive, obsolete) To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out.
- (transitive) To draw, as water; drink in.
- (transitive) To give bountifully; lavish.
- (intransitive) To run down or gutter, as a candle.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To hang or flap down.
- (transitive, archaic) To wash.
- 1789, William Lisle Bowles, 'Sonnet I' from Fourteen Sonnets, 1789.
- the tranquil tide, / That laves the pebbled shore.
- 2006, Cormac McCarthy, The Road, London: Picador, 2007, p. 38.
- The boy walked out and squatted and laved up the dark water.
- 1789, William Lisle Bowles, 'Sonnet I' from Fourteen Sonnets, 1789.
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Middle English lave, laif, lafe (“remainder, rest, that which is left”), from Old English lāf (“lave, remainder, rest”), from Proto-Germanic *laibō (“remainder”), from Proto-Indo-European *lip- (“to stick, glue”). Cognate with Old High German leiba (“lave”), Old Norse leif (“lave”), Old English belīfan (“to remain”). More at belive.
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lave (uncountable)
- (archaic or dialectal) The remainder, rest; that which is left, remnant; others.
- 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 12.
- Then they set upon us and slew some of my slaves and put the lave to flight.
- 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 12.
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- IPA: /laːvə/, [ˈlæːvə]
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lave
[edit] Verb
lave (imperative lav, infinitive at lave, present tense laver, past tense lavede, past participle har lavet)
[edit] French
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lave f. (plural laves)
- (usually uncountable) lava
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lave
- first-person singular present indicative of laver
- third-person singular present indicative of laver
- first-person singular present subjunctive of laver
- first-person singular present subjunctive of laver
- second-person singular imperative of laver
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From French laver (“wash”).
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lave
- To wash
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lave f.
- Plural form of lava.
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[edit] Portuguese
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lave
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb lavar.
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of verb lavar.
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb lavar.
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb lavar.
[edit] Scots
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Middle Scots lave, laif, lafe (“remainder, rest, that which is left”), from Old English lāf (“lave, remainder, rest”). Akin to Old High German leiba (“lave”), Old Norse leif (“lave”), Old English belīfan (“to remain”). More at leave.
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lave
- (archaic) rest, remainder.
- Ye are bit a wumman lik the lave, an ye maun thole the brunt o whit life mey bring. — Janet's Love and Service
[edit] Spanish
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lave (infinitive lavar)
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of lavar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of lavar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of lavar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of lavar.
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lave c.
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English verbs
- English terms with obsolete senses
- en:Dialectal
- English archaic terms
- English nouns
- Danish adjective forms
- Danish verbs
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
- French uncountable nouns
- French verb forms
- Haitian Creole terms derived from French
- Haitian Creole verbs
- Italian plurals
- Portuguese verb forms
- Portuguese forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Portuguese verb subjunctive forms
- Portuguese verb first-person forms
- Portuguese verb singular forms
- Portuguese verb present forms
- Portuguese verb third-person forms
- Portuguese verb imperative forms
- Portuguese verb affirmative forms
- Portuguese verb negative forms
- Scots terms derived from Old English
- Scots nouns
- Scots archaic terms
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish verb imperative forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
- Spanish verb second-person forms
- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish verb subjunctive forms
- Spanish verb first-person forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
- Swedish nouns