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See also: LAV and Lav

Translingual

Symbol

lav

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Latvian.

Further reading

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /læv/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æv

Noun

lav (plural lavs)

  1. (British, slang) Clipping of lavatory.
    Please, miss, I need to go to the lav.
    • Quoted in 2006, Matt Houlbrook, Queer London (page 151)
      If you had too much slap on when you went out . . . your mates say too much slap on your ecaf. Yeah. Oh really girl? Yes . . . Go in the lavs here and have a look.
  2. (film, informal) Clipping of lavalier.
    When you’re recording interviews, it’s best to use a lav.

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Anagrams

Aneityum

Etymology

Borrowed from Bislama lav (“to laugh”).

Verb

lav

  1. to laugh

References

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

lav f

  1. genitive plural of lava

Danish

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse lágr, from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz, cognate with Norwegian låg, Swedish låg. English low is borrowed from Old Norse.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lav (neuter lavt, plural and definite singular attributive lave)

  1. low
Inflection
Inflection of lav
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular lav lavere lavest2
Indefinite neuter singular lavt lavere lavest2
Plural lave lavere lavest2
Definite attributive1 lave lavere laveste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lag (“layer”), from Proto-Germanic *lagą. Doublet of lag and layer (the Old Norse plural lǫg lives on in Danish lov and English law).

Pronunciation

Noun

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lav n (singular definite lavet, plural indefinite lav)

  1. guild
Inflection
Declension of lav
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lav lavet lav lavene
genitive lavs lavets lavs lavenes
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Norwegian lav, derived from the verb Old Norse lafa (“to dangle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

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lav c or n (singular definite laven or lavet, plural indefinite laver)

  1. lichen
Declension
Declension of lav
either
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lav laven
lavet 		laver laverne
genitive lavs lavens
lavets 		lavers lavernes

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

lav

  1. imperative of lave

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Danish lav.

Alternative forms

Adjective

lav (neuter singular lavt, definite singular and plural lave, comparative lavere, indefinite superlative lavest, definite superlative laveste)

  1. low
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

From Danish lav, itself a borrowing from Norwegian lav. Related to the verb lave.

Noun

lav m (definite singular laven, indefinite plural laver, definite plural lavene)
lav n (definite singular lavet, indefinite plural laver, definite plural lava or lavene)

  1. lichen

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From the verb lava (“to dangle”), from Old Norse lafa. Cognate with Norn lav, Icelandic laf and Swedish lav.

Noun

lav n (definite singular lavet, indefinite plural lav, definite plural lava)

  1. lichen
  2. something that hangs down
    1. a cobweb that dangles from the roof
    2. rain and dew drops in a tree
    3. ash from leaves or needles that hangs on burnt twigs

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from a Germanic language.

Pronunciation

Noun

lȁv m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏в)

  1. lion (mammal)
  2. (astronomy, astrology) Leo

Declension

Declension of lav
singular plural
nominative lȁv lȁvovi
genitive lȁva lȁvōvā
dative lȁvu lȁvovima
accusative lȁva lȁvove
vocative lȁve lȁvovi
locative lȁvu lȁvovima
instrumental lȁvom lȁvovima

Derived terms

Swedish

Etymology 1

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk lav

Noun

lav c

  1. lichen

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish lavi, possibly from the root of loge (“kind of barn”).

The other version derives it to Slavic origins, through Finnish. Ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lā́ˀwāˀ. Cognate with modern Russian лавка (lavka) and modern Finnish lava.

Noun

lav c

  1. bench in sauna

Declension

Declension of lav 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lav laven lavar lavarna
Genitive lavs lavens lavars lavarnas

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English love.

Noun

lav

  1. love

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French lave

Pronunciation

Noun

lav (definite accusative lavı, plural lavlar)

  1. lava

Volapük

Noun

lav (nominative plural lavs)

  1. wash, washing (the action or activity)

Declension

declension of lav
singular plural
nominative lav lavs
genitive lava lavas
dative lave laves
accusative lavi lavis
vocative 1 o lav! o lavs!
predicative 2 lavu lavus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia