laxe

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Galician

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Bronze Age petroglyph on the Laxe dos Carballos ("flat stone of the oaks")
Bronze Age petroglyph on the Laxe das Rodas ("flat stone of the wheels")

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the medieval form lagea, previously documented in local Medieval Latin as lagena; from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; probably from Proto-Celtic *laginā (blade). Compare Welsh llain (blade, sword, spear) and Old Irish láige (mattock, spade; broad spearhead).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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laxe f (plural laxes)

  1. flagstone; slab
    Synonyms: lastra, lousa
  2. flat river pebble
    Synonym: callao
  3. flat rocky outcrop
    Synonym: lastra
  4. semi-submerged rock; reef
    Synonym: con

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Spanish: laja

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “laja”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 61

German

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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laxe

  1. inflection of lax:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

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Adverb

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laxē (comparative laxius, superlative laxissimē)

  1. widely, spaciously
  2. loosely, freely
  3. (of time) long, amply
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References

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  • laxe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • laxe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • laxe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

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Verb

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laxe

  1. inflection of laxar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative