lasca

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from Old High German *laska or Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰 (*laska, “piece; tatter”), from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Dutch las, and Middle English lasce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaskɐ]

Noun

lasca f (plural lascas)

1. chip; splinter; shaving

   Synonyms: labra, lisca, para

Derived terms

• lascar

References

• “lasca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “lasca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lasca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠɑsˠkə/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠasˠkə/

Etymology 1

Noun

lasca m (genitive singular lasca, nominative plural lascaí)

1. welt (strip of leather on a shoe)

Declension

Declension of lasca

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative lasca lascaí Vocative a lasca a lascaí Genitive lasca lascaí Dative lasca lascaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an lasca na lascaí Genitive an lasca na lascaí Dative leis an lasca don lasca leis na lascaí

Further reading

• “lasca bróige” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 420.
• "lasca" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 22

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lasca

1. plural of lasc

Verb

lasca

1. present subjunctive analytic of lasc

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Lombardic aska (“ash”), from Proto-Germanic *askǭ (“ash”), due to the colour of its skin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ska/

Noun

lasca f (plural lasche)

1. nase (fish of the family Cyprinidae)

Verb

lasca

1. inflection of lascare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• scala

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Ladin

Verb

lasca

1. inflection of lascer:
   1. third-person singular/plural present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old High German *laska or Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰 (*laska, “piece; tatter”), from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Dutch las, and Middle English lasce.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈlas.kɐ/, [ˈlas.kɐ]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil including São Paulo) /ˈlas.kɐ/, [ˈlas.kɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /ˈlaʃ.kɐ/, [ˈlaʃ.kɐ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈlaʃ.kɐ/, [ˈlaʃ.kɐ]

Noun

lasca f (plural lascas)

1. chip; splinter (small piece removed from the surface of something)

   O chão da carpintaria estava cheio de lascas de madeira.

   The carpentry’s floor was full of woodchips.

   Quero uma lasca dessa carne, garçom.

   I’d like a shaving of that meat, waiter.

Verb

lasca

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of lascar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of lascar

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old High German *laska or Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰 (*laska, “piece; tatter”), from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Dutch las, and Middle English lasce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaska/, [ˈlas.ka]

Noun

lasca f (plural lascas)

1. stone chip, lithic flake
2. thin slice

   una lasca de jamón ― a thin slice of ham

Verb

lasca

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of lascar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of lascar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of lascar.

Further reading

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