lagan

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See also: lågan and Lagan

English

Alternative forms

  • lagen, lagend, lagon, ligan, ligen, logan

Etymology

Per Littré, from Old French lagan, from Medieval Latin laga maris (“law of the sea”), from Old Norse lǫg (“law”) and Latin maris (“of the sea”)

Pronunciation

Noun

lagan (uncountable)

  1. (law) Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor, attached to a floating marker that indicates ownership.
    • 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 6, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 129:
      The country folk, who were prowling about the shore after the waifs of the storm, deserted jetsom and lagend, and crowded to meet the richer prize.
    • 2015, Anne Harris, "Oceanic Valuation", in Oceanic New York, Punctum Books, page 163:
      "Lagan" was a word already in use, recorded as early as 1200, from a Scandinavian word family for things that lie deep. It is recorded again in 1531 to signify cargo that has sunk and lies on the bottom of the ocean, but might yet be reclaimed.
    • 2022, Lara Messersmith-Glavin, Spirit Things, London: University Press of Colorado, pages 101-112:
      Lagan are those things that are intentionally jettisoned, as well, but which sink below the surface, possibly marked by a buoy or a line.

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Noun

lagan f (plural lagans)

  1. lagan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьgъkъ, *lьgъnъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lâɡan/
  • Hyphenation: la‧gan

Adjective

lȁgan (definite lȁganī, comparative lagànijī, Cyrillic spelling ла̏ган)

  1. light
    Antonym: težak
  2. easy (of a task)
    Antonym: težak
  3. (figuratively) slow

Declension

positive indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lagan lagana lagano
genitive lagana lagane lagana
dative laganu laganoj laganu
accusative inanimate
animate 		lagan
lagana 		laganu lagano
vocative lagan lagana lagano
locative laganu laganoj laganu
instrumental laganim laganom laganim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative lagani lagane lagana
genitive laganih laganih laganih
dative laganim(a) laganim(a) laganim(a)
accusative lagane lagane lagana
vocative lagani lagane lagana
locative laganim(a) laganim(a) laganim(a)
instrumental laganim(a) laganim(a) laganim(a)
positive definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lagani lagana lagano
genitive laganog(a) lagane laganog(a)
dative laganom(u/e) laganoj laganom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate 		lagani
laganog(a) 		laganu lagano
vocative lagani lagana lagano
locative laganom(e/u) laganoj laganom(e/u)
instrumental laganim laganom laganim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative lagani lagane lagana
genitive laganih laganih laganih
dative laganim(a) laganim(a) laganim(a)
accusative lagane lagane lagana
vocative lagani lagane lagana
locative laganim(a) laganim(a) laganim(a)
instrumental laganim(a) laganim(a) laganim(a)
comparative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative laganiji laganija laganije
genitive laganijeg(a) laganije laganijeg(a)
dative laganijem(u) laganijoj laganijem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		laganiji
laganijeg(a) 		laganiju laganije
vocative laganiji laganija laganije
locative laganijem(u) laganijoj laganijem(u)
instrumental laganijim laganijom laganijim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative laganiji laganije laganija
genitive laganijih laganijih laganijih
dative laganijim(a) laganijim(a) laganijim(a)
accusative laganije laganije laganija
vocative laganiji laganije laganija
locative laganijim(a) laganijim(a) laganijim(a)
instrumental laganijim(a) laganijim(a) laganijim(a)
superlative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative najlaganiji najlaganija najlaganije
genitive najlaganijeg(a) najlaganije najlaganijeg(a)
dative najlaganijem(u) najlaganijoj najlaganijem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		najlaganiji
najlaganijeg(a) 		najlaganiju najlaganije
vocative najlaganiji najlaganija najlaganije
locative najlaganijem(u) najlaganijoj najlaganijem(u)
instrumental najlaganijim najlaganijom najlaganijim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative najlaganiji najlaganije najlaganija
genitive najlaganijih najlaganijih najlaganijih
dative najlaganijim(a) najlaganijim(a) najlaganijim(a)
accusative najlaganije najlaganije najlaganija
vocative najlaganiji najlaganije najlaganija
locative najlaganijim(a) najlaganijim(a) najlaganijim(a)
instrumental najlaganijim(a) najlaganijim(a) najlaganijim(a)

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  • “lagan” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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