laug

Estonian

Etymology

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Noun

laug (genitive lau, partitive laugu)

1. lid, eyelid

Declension

Declension of laug (ÕS type 22e/riik, ug-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		laug	laud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	lau
genitive			laugude
partitive		laugu	lauge laugusid
illative		laugu lausse	laugudesse laesse
inessive		laus	laugudes laes
elative		laust	laugudest laest
allative		laule	laugudele laele
adessive		laul	laugudel lael
ablative		lault	laugudelt laelt
translative		lauks	laugudeks laeks
terminative		launi	laugudeni
essive		launa	laugudena
abessive		lauta	laugudeta
comitative		lauga	laugudega

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic *laugō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /løyːɣ/
• Rhymes: -øyːɣ

Noun

laug f (genitive singular laugar, nominative plural laugar)

1. bath, pool
2. hot spring, warm spring, a naturally warm pool with temperatures around 20-50°C

Declension

Declension of laug (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	laug	laugin	laugar	laugarnar
accusative	laug	laugina	laugar	laugarnar
dative	laug	lauginni	laugum	laugunum
genitive	laugar	laugarinnar	lauga	lauganna

Derived terms

• lauga
• laugardagur
• sundlaug

Anagrams

• ugla

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læʉ̯ɡ/

Etymology 1

Older spelling of lag (“law, rule”)

Noun

laug n (definite singular lauget, indefinite plural laug, definite plural lauga or laugene)

1. a craft union
2. (historical) guild

Derived terms

• laugsbror
• laugsvesen
• laugsånd

Etymology 2

From Old Norse laug, related to Latin lavare (“wash”). Descendant can be found in the prefix of lørdag (“Saturday”) which in Old Norse was laugardagr.

Noun

laug n (definite singular lauget, indefinite plural laug, definite plural lauga or laugene)

1. (dated) bath, wash

Etymology 3

Verb

laug

1. (non-standard since 2005) past tense of ljuge
2. (non-standard since 2005) past tense of lyge

References

• “laug” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “laug” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “laug” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Anagrams

• gaul, gula, ugla

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lœʊːɡ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic *laugō.

Noun

laug n (definite singular lauget, indefinite plural laug, definite plural lauga)

1. bath, wash

Related terms

• lauga (“to bathe, wash”)

Etymology 2

Through Norwegian Bokmål from older Danish laug, a spelling variant of lag. Doublet of lag.

Noun

laug n (definite singular lauget, indefinite plural laug, definite plural lauga)

1. a craft union
2. (historical) guild

Derived terms

• laugsbror
• laugsvesen
• laugsånd

Etymology 3

Verb

laug

1. past tense of ljuga
2. past tense of lyga

References

• “laug” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “laug” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Anagrams

• gaul, gula, ugla

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *laugō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-.

Noun

laug f (genitive laugar, plural laugar)

1. bath
2. hot spring

   fyrir sunnan ána eru laugar

   to the south of the river are hot springs

Declension

Declension of laug (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	laug	laugin	laugar	laugarnar
accusative	laug	laugina	laugar	laugarnar
dative	laug, laugu	lauginni, laugunni	laugum	laugunum
genitive	laugar	laugarinnar	lauga	lauganna

Derived terms

• laugardagr

Descendants

• Icelandic: laug
• Faroese: leyg
• Norwegian Nynorsk: laug
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: laug
• Old Swedish: løgh
  • Swedish: lög
• Old Danish: løgh
  • Danish: løv, lø, løj, lørdag, Løgum (placename)

Etymology 2

Verb

laug

1. first-person singular past indicative active of ljúga
2. third-person singular past indicative active of ljúga

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “laug”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lǫgъ.

Noun

laug m inan

1. meadow near a river

References

• Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “laug”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 187