laug

Estonian

Etymology

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Noun

laug (genitive lau, partitive laugu)

1. lid, eyelid

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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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

f-s1	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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Older spelling of lag (“law, rule”)

Noun

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

1. craft union
2. (historical) guild

Compounds

• 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

References

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læʉɡ/

Etymology 1

Older spelling of lag (“law, rule”)

Noun

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

1. craft union
2. (historical) guild

Compounds

• laugsbror
• laugsvesen
• laugsånd

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

1. bath, wash

Verb

laug

1. imperative of lauga

Etymology 3

Verb

laug

1. (deprecated template usage) past tense of ljuga
2. (deprecated template usage) past tense of lyga

References

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

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Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lugъ.

Noun

laug

1. meadow near a river