Wiktionary

laz

See also: Appendix:Variations of "laz"

Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of English Lae with z as a placeholder.

Symbol

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laz

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Aribwatsa.

See also

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Livonian

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Etymology

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From laskõ. Compare Estonian las.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑˀz/, [ˈlɑˀz̥]

Particle

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la’z

  1. let (with a verb); forms a first-person or third-person imperative.

Usage notes

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  • Used with the jussive forms of verbs.
  • The person who is allowed to do something may be placed between laz and the verb in the nominative.
  • The first-person imperative using laz (e.g. la’z mēg tī’egõd) is more common than the form using -gõm (tī’egõm).

References

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  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “laz”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Middle English

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Noun

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laz

  1. alternative form of las (“lace”)

Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Old French las.

Adjective

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laz

  1. wretched; miserable
  2. tired; fatigued

Descendants

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  • French: las

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Middle High German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German laȥ, from Proto-West Germanic *lat, from Proto-Germanic *lataz. Cognate with Middle English late.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈlas/

Adjective

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laȥ (comparative laȥȥer or letzter, superlative lest or leȥȥest or letzt, adverb laȥ)

  1. lazy, idle, sluggish, dull, slow, tardy
  2. exhausted, weak, feeble, tired

Usage notes

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  • The comparative and superlative forms with -tz- were originally northern. See letzte for more.

Declension

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Positive forms of laȥ
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter nonneuter neuter
strong declension nominative laȥȥer laȥȥiu laȥȥeȥ laȥȥe laȥȥiu
genitive laȥȥes laȥȥer(e) laȥȥes laȥȥer(e)
dative laȥȥem(e) laȥȥer(e) laȥȥem(e) laȥȥen
accusative laȥȥen laȥȥe laȥȥeȥ laȥȥe laȥȥiu
weak declension nominative dër laȥȥe diu laȥȥe daȥ laȥȥe die laȥȥen diu laȥȥen
genitive dës laȥȥen dër laȥȥen dës laȥȥen dër laȥȥen
dative dëm laȥȥen dër laȥȥen dëm laȥȥen dën laȥȥen
accusative dën laȥȥen die laȥȥen daȥ laȥȥe die laȥȥen diu laȥȥen
Comparative forms of laȥ
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter nonneuter neuter
weak declension nominative dër laȥȥere diu laȥȥere daȥ laȥȥere die laȥȥeren diu laȥȥeren
genitive dës laȥȥeren dër laȥȥeren dës laȥȥeren dër laȥȥeren
dative dëm laȥȥeren dër laȥȥeren dëm laȥȥeren dën laȥȥeren
accusative dën laȥȥeren die laȥȥeren daȥ laȥȥere die laȥȥeren diu laȥȥeren
Superlative forms of laȥ
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter nonneuter neuter
strong declension nominative lester lestiu lesteȥ leste lestiu
genitive lestes lester(e) lestes lester(e)
dative lestem(e) lester(e) lestem(e) lesten
accusative lesten leste lesteȥ leste lestiu
weak declension nominative dër leste diu leste daȥ leste die lesten diu lesten
genitive dës lesten dër lesten dës lesten dër lesten
dative dëm lesten dër lesten dëm lesten dën lesten
accusative dën lesten die lesten daȥ leste die lesten diu lesten

Descendants

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  • Central Franconian: lass
  • German: lass
  • Luxembourgish: lass
  • Rhine Franconian: lass

References

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  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “laʒ”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *lat, see also Old English læt, Old Norse latr.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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laȥ (comparative *leȥȥiro or *laȥȥōro, superlative leȥȥist or laȥȥōst)

  1. slow
  2. lazy, idle, sluggish, listless, insipid, dumb, dull
  3. blurred, fuzzy, confused

Declension

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This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: laȥ

Further reading

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Old Slovak

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lazъ. First attested in 1589.[1]

    Noun

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    laz m inan (diminutive lázek or lazík or lázok or lažtek or lazčik or lazeček or lazíček)

    1. cleared land, clearing (a plot of land obtained by clearing or grubbing a forest; a clearing used for cultivation or pasture)
      Synonym: kopanica
    2. (in the plural) mountain settlements, remote hamlet (groups of houses scattered on mountain slopes, a mountain settlement with scattered houses)

    Descendants

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    References

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    1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016), “laz”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 320

    Further reading

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    • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “laz”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian laz.

    Noun

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    laz n (plural lazuri)

    1. recently cleared forest

    Declension

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    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative laz lazul lazuri lazurile
    genitive-dative laz lazului lazuri lazurilor
    vocative lazule lazurilor

    Slovak

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    Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Slavic *lazъ
    Old Slovak laz
    Slovak laz

      Inherited from Old Slovak laz.

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      laz m inan (diminutive lazík or lázok or (dialectal) lažtek)

      1. (Central Slovakia, chiefly in the plural) mountain settlement, remote hamlet (a remote settlement on a mountain slope consisting of scattered dwellings or small groups of houses)
        Synonym: (Western Slovakia) kopanica

      Declension

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      Declension of laz
      (pattern dub)
      singularplural
      nominativelazlazy
      genitivelazulazov
      dativelazulazom
      accusativelazlazy
      locativelazelazoch
      instrumentallazomlazmi

      Further reading

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      • “laz”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

      Zazaki

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      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): [ˈlɑz]
      • Hyphenation: laz

      Noun

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      laz m

      1. alternative form of lac
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