laxa

See also: laxá and läxa

Galician

Laxa or laxe with ancient petroglyphs

Alternative forms

• laixa, las, laxe

Etymology

From the medieval form lagea, previously documented in local Medieval Latin as lagena; from a substrate language; probably from Proto-Celtic *laginā (“blade”). Confer Welsh llain (“blade, sword, spear”) and Old Irish láige (“mattock, spade; broad spearhead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʃa̝/

Noun

laxa f (plural laxas)

1. flagstone; slab

   Synonyms: lastra, lousa

2. flat outcrop

Derived terms

• Laxa
• Laxas

Descendants

• → Spanish: laja

References

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• “laja” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “laxa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Icelandic

Noun

1. indefinite accusative plural of lax
2. indefinite genitive plural of lax

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Etymology

Borrowed from English lax, French laxiste, German lax, Italian lasso, Spanish laxo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaksa/, /ˈlaɡza/

Adjective

laxa

1. lax, loose, slack

Antonyms

• forta

Derived terms

• laxeskar (“to slacken, loosen, relax, unbend”)
• laxesko
• laxeso (“slackness, laxness, looseness”)
• laxigar
• laxigo

 

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) laxā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of laxō

References

• laxa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Spanish

Verb

laxa

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