laima

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Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lái.màː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: lai‧mā̀

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Kanuri lăimà, from Arabic خَيْمَة (ḵayma).

Noun

laimā̀ f (plural laimōmī, possessed form laimàr̃)

  1. tent
  2. umbrella
  3. parachute
  4. shade

Etymology 2

Noun

laimā̀ f (possessed form laimàr̃)

  1. dampness

Latvian

Noun

laima m (4th declension)

  1. (dialectal) happiness; alternative form of laime

Declension

Declension of laima (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) laima laimas
accusative (akuzatīvs) laimu laimas
genitive (ģenitīvs) laimas laimu
dative (datīvs) laimai laimām
instrumental (instrumentālis) laimu laimām
locative (lokatīvs) laimā laimās
vocative (vokatīvs) laima laimas

Lithuanian

Noun

laima f

  1. (archaic, poetic) luck (archaism, sometimes still used in poetry)

See also

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