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lask

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See also: Lask, läsk, läsk', łask, Łask, and lašk

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English lasken (“to diminish, weaken (the blood or other body fluids, body tissues, etc.); to thin (the blood through bloodletting); to alleviate (pain, sickness); to grow weak; to shorten (one’s life)”) [and other forms],[1] from Old Northern French *lasquer, Old French lascher, laschier (“to let go of, release; to loosen, relax”) (modern French lâcher (“to let go of, release; to loosen”)), from Vulgar Latin *lascāre, *lassicāre, from Latin *laxicāre, the frequentative of Latin laxāre, the present active infinitive of laxō (“to relax, weaken; to release, undo; to make wide, open”), from laxus (“free, loose, slack; roomy, spacious, wide”),[2] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-, *(s)leh₁g- (“faint; weak”).

Verb

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lask (third-person singular simple present lasks, present participle lasking, simple past and past participle lasked)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To have loose bowels; to suffer from diarrhoea.
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English laske (“lax, weak; of the bowels: loose”),[3] from Old Northern French *lasque, Old French laske, lasche (“not taut or tight, limp”) (modern French lâche (“loose, slack”)),[4] from Old French lascher, laschier (“to let go of, release; to loosen, relax”): see further at etymology 1.

Adjective

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lask (comparative more lask, superlative most lask)

  1. (obsolete) Lax, weak; specifically of the bowels: affected by diarrhoea; loose.

Etymology 3

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From the adjective: see etymology 2.[5]

Noun

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lask (countable and uncountable, plural lasks)

  1. (uncountable, chiefly veterinary medicine) Originally of both persons and animals, now only of animals: looseness of the bowels; diarrhoea; (countable) a bout of this ailment.
    • 1597, John Gerarde [i.e., John Gerard], “Of Panick”, in The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. […], London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton, →OCLC, book I, page 79:
      Pannick ſtoppeth the laske as Millet doth, being boiled (as Plinie reporteth) in Goates milk and drunke twiſe in a day.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Shame and Disgrace, Causes”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 1, section 2, member 3, subsection 6, page 88:
      A graue & learned Miniſter, and an ordinary Preacher at Alcmar in Holland, was one day (as hee was walking in the fields for his recreation) ſuddenly taken with a laske or looſeneſſe, and therevpon compelled to retire to the next ditch; but being ſurpriſed at vnawares, by ſome Gentlewomen of his Pariſh wandering that way; was ſo abaſhed, that hee did neuer after ſhew his head in publike, or come into the Pulpit, but pined away with melancholy: […]
    • 1652, Nich[olas] Culpeper, “Hemp”, in The English Physitian: Or An Astrologo-physical Discourse of the Vulgar Herbs of This Nation. […], London: […] Peter Cole, […], →OCLC, page 64, column 1:
      The Emulſion or Decoction of the Seed ſtaieth Lasks and continual Fluxes, eaſeth the Chollick, and allayeth the troubleſom Humors in the Bowels, […]
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References

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  1. ^ “lasken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ “lask, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2021.
  3. ^ “laske, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  4. ^ “† lask, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2020.
  5. ^ “lask, n.1”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2021.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Estonian

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Etymology

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Deverbal from laskma.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑsk/, [ˈlɑsk]
  • Rhymes: -ɑsk
  • Hyphenation: lask

Noun

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lask (genitive lasu, partitive lasku)

  1. shot, gunshot

Declension

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Declension of lask (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-ø gradation)
singular plural
nominative lask lasud
accusative nom.
gen. lasu
genitive laskude
partitive lasku laske
laskusid
illative lasku
lasusse 		laskudesse
lasesse
inessive lasus laskudes
lases
elative lasust laskudest
lasest
allative lasule laskudele
lasele
adessive lasul laskudel
lasel
ablative lasult laskudelt
laselt
translative lasuks laskudeks
laseks
terminative lasuni laskudeni
essive lasuna laskudena
abessive lasuta laskudeta
comitative lasuga laskudega

Compounds

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References

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  • lask in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “lask”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Livonian

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Etymology 1

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    Deverbal from laskõ (“to shoot”) (*laskë- > *lasku).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈlɑsk/, [ˈlɑsˑk]

    Noun

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    lask

    1. shot, gunshot
    Declension
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    Declension of lask (77)
    singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
    nominative (nominatīv) lask laskūd
    genitive (genitīv) lask laskūd
    partitive (partitīv) laskõ laskīdi
    dative (datīv) laskõn laskūdõn
    instrumental (instrumentāl) laskõks laskūdõks
    illative (illatīv) laskõ laskīž
    inessive (inesīv) lasksõ laskīs
    elative (elatīv) laskstõ laskīst

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    • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “lask”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

    Etymology 2

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      Verb

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      lask

      1. Salaca form of laskõ (“to let; to let go; to lower; to allow; to shoot”)

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