laus

See also: Laus and -laus

Gothic

Romanization

laus

1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lauss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /løyːs/

  Rhymes: -øyːs

Adjective

laus (comparative lausari, superlative lausastur)

1. loose
2. free to go
3. available
4. vacant

Inflection

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	laus	laus	laust
accusative	lausan	lausa	laust
dative	lausum	lausri	lausu
genitive	lauss	lausrar	lauss
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lausir	lausar	laus
accusative	lausa	lausar	laus
dative	lausum	lausum	lausum
genitive	lausra	lausra	lausra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lausi	lausa	lausa
accusative	lausa	lausu	lausa
dative	lausa	lausu	lausa
genitive	lausa	lausu	lausa
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lausu	lausu	lausu
accusative	lausu	lausu	lausu
dative	lausu	lausu	lausu
genitive	lausu	lausu	lausu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lausari	lausari	lausara
accusative	lausari	lausari	lausara
dative	lausari	lausari	lausara
genitive	lausari	lausari	lausara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lausari	lausari	lausari
accusative	lausari	lausari	lausari
dative	lausari	lausari	lausari
genitive	lausari	lausari	lausari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lausastur	lausust	lausast
accusative	lausastan	lausasta	lausast
dative	lausustum	lausastri	lausustu
genitive	lausasts	lausastrar	lausasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lausastir	lausastar	lausust
accusative	lausasta	lausastar	lausust
dative	lausustum	lausustum	lausustum
genitive	lausastra	lausastra	lausastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lausasti	lausasta	lausasta
accusative	lausasta	lausustu	lausasta
dative	lausasta	lausustu	lausasta
genitive	lausasta	lausustu	lausasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lausustu	lausustu	lausustu
accusative	lausustu	lausustu	lausustu
dative	lausustu	lausustu	lausustu
genitive	lausustu	lausustu	lausustu

See also

• -laus

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Latin

Etymology

From echoic Proto-Indo-European root *lēwt-, *lēwdʰ- (“song, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēw- (“to sound, resound, sing out”), see also Irish laoidh (“song, poem”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍉𐌽 (liuþōn, “to praise”), German Lied (“song”), Old Norse ljoð (“strophe”), and Old English leoð (“song, hymn, poem”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /laws/

Noun

laus f (genitive laudis); third declension

1. praise, glory
2. fame

Inflection

Third declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	laus	laudēs
genitive	laudis	laudum
dative	laudī	laudibus
accusative	laudem	laudēs
ablative	laude	laudibus
vocative	laus	laudēs

Derived terms

• laudō
• lautia
• laudes

Descendants

• Albanian: lut, lutje, lus
• French: los
• Friulian: laud

• Italian: lode
• Romanian: laudă
• Spanish: laude

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Middle English

Adjective

laus

1. loose

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English louse.

Noun

laus

1. any external parasitic insect; flea; louse.