lazar

See also: Lazar and Lázár

English

Alternative forms

• Lazar

Etymology

From Middle English lazare, from Old French lazare, from Medieval Latin lazarus (“leper”), an antonomasia from Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of the Biblical character found in Luke 16, from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (“Eleazar‎”), a given name shared by various figures in the Hebrew Bible and literally meaning "God has helped".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪzə/

Noun

lazar (plural lazars)

1. (archaic) Synonym of leper: a person suffering from Hansen's disease; a person suffering any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 37, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     And Tamburlane cloked the fantasticall cruelty, he exercised upon Lazars or Leprousmen, with a foolish kinde of humanitie, putting all he could finde or heare-of, to death, (as he said,) to ridde them from so painefull and miserable a life, as they lived.

   • 1820, John Keats, “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil. A Story from Boccaccio.”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, stanza XVI, page 57:

     Why were they proud? Because fair orange-mounts
     Were of more soft ascent than lazar stairs?

Adjective

lazar (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Synonym of leprous: afflicted by Hansen's disease; afflicted by any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.

References

• “lazar, n. and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2021.

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin glaciāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [laˈθaɾ]

Verb

1. to freeze

   Synonyms: conxelar, xear

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lazar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lazar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lazar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin laqueus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /laˈθaɾ/ [laˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /laˈsaɾ/ [laˈsaɾ]

Verb

lazar (first-person singular present lazo, first-person singular preterite lacé, past participle lazado)

1. (transitive) to lasso, to rope

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lazar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			lazar
gerund			lazando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lazado		lazada
		plural		lazados		lazadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lazo	lazastú lazásvos	laza	lazamos	lazáis	lazan
	imperfect	lazaba	lazabas	lazaba	lazábamos	lazabais	lazaban
	preterite	lacé	lazaste	lazó	lazamos	lazasteis	lazaron
	future	lazaré	lazarás	lazará	lazaremos	lazaréis	lazarán
	conditional	lazaría	lazarías	lazaría	lazaríamos	lazaríais	lazarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lace	lacestú lacésvos2	lace	lacemos	lacéis	lacen
	imperfect (ra)	lazara	lazaras	lazara	lazáramos	lazarais	lazaran
	imperfect (se)	lazase	lazases	lazase	lazásemos	lazaseis	lazasen
	future1	lazare	lazares	lazare	lazáremos	lazareis	lazaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		lazatú lazávos	lace	lacemos	lazad	lacen
	negative		no laces	no lace	no lacemos	no lacéis	no lacen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of lazar (c-z alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive lazar
	dative	lazarme	lazarte	lazarle, lazarse	lazarnos	lazaros	lazarles, lazarse
	accusative	lazarme	lazarte	lazarlo, lazarla, lazarse	lazarnos	lazaros	lazarlos, lazarlas, lazarse
with gerund lazando
	dative	lazándome	lazándote	lazándole, lazándose	lazándonos	lazándoos	lazándoles, lazándose
	accusative	lazándome	lazándote	lazándolo, lazándola, lazándose	lazándonos	lazándoos	lazándolos, lazándolas, lazándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative laza
	dative	lázame	lázate	lázale	lázanos	not used	lázales
	accusative	lázame	lázate	lázalo, lázala	lázanos	not used	lázalos, lázalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative lazá
	dative	lazame	lazate	lazale	lazanos	not used	lazales
	accusative	lazame	lazate	lazalo, lazala	lazanos	not used	lazalos, lazalas
with formal second-person singular imperative lace
	dative	láceme	not used	lácele, lácese	lácenos	not used	láceles
	accusative	láceme	not used	lácelo, lácela, lácese	lácenos	not used	lácelos, lácelas
with first-person plural imperative lacemos
	dative	not used	lacémoste	lacémosle	lacémonos	lacémoos	lacémosles
	accusative	not used	lacémoste	lacémoslo, lacémosla	lacémonos	lacémoos	lacémoslos, lacémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative lazad
	dative	lazadme	not used	lazadle	lazadnos	lazaos	lazadles
	accusative	lazadme	not used	lazadlo, lazadla	lazadnos	lazaos	lazadlos, lazadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative lacen
	dative	lácenme	not used	lácenle	lácennos	not used	lácenles, lácense
	accusative	lácenme	not used	lácenlo, lácenla	lácennos	not used	lácenlos, lácenlas, lácense

See also

• lacear

Further reading

• “lazar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “lazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014