lav

See also: LAV, and Lav

Translingual

Symbol

lav

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

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Latvian terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læv/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -æv

Noun

lav (plural lavs)

1. (UK, Ireland, 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.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:bathroom

Derived terms

• lavvy

Translations

non-offensive slang for a lavatory

• Finnish: vessa (fi)
• French: petit coin (fr) m
• German: Klo (de) n
• Spanish: retrete (es) m

Anagrams

• AVL, Val, Vla., val

Aneityum

Etymology

Borrowed from Bislama lav (“to laugh”).

Verb

lav

1. to laugh

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaf]

Noun

lav f

1. genitive plural of lava

Danish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːˀv/, [ˈlæˀʋ], [ˈlæwˀ]

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaw(ˀ)/, [ˈlɑw], [ˈlɑwˀ]

Noun

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

• nouns: bådelav, ejerlav, håndværkerlav, vandrelav, vandrerlav, vindmøllelav, vejlav

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaw/, [ˈlɑw]

Noun

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːˀv/, [ˈlæˀʋ], [ˈlæwˀ]

Verb

lav

1. imperative of lave

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Danish lav.

Alternative forms

• låg (Nynorsk also)

Adjective

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

1. low

Derived terms

• lavbudsjett
• lavland
• lavlønnet
• lavsesong
• lavsko
• lavtliggende
• lavtrykk
• lavtysk
• lavvann, lavvatn

 

Etymology 2

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

• “lav” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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

Derived terms

• bjørkelav
• bladlav
• brunkrinslav
• brødlav
• einelav
• ekornlav
• furelav, furulav
• gardlav
• gjerdelav
• granlav
• grønlav
• gullav
• gulsottlav
• ikornlav
• islandslav
• jervelav
• kartlav
• lungelav
• mannalav
• massinglav
• matlav
• messinglav
• navlelav
• reinlav
• reinsdyrlav
• saltlav
• skinnlav
• skjegglav
• skorpelav
• snømållav
• steinlav
• trønderlav
• ulvelav
• øyrelav

 

References

• “lav” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lâʋ/

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

• làvica
• lȁvljī
• làvovskī
• mòrskī lȁv (“sea lion”)

 

Swedish

lav på sten [lichen on rock]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑːv/
• Rhymes: -ɑːv

Etymology 1

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk lav

Noun

lav c

1. lichen

Derived terms

• lavskrika
• varglav

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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	lav	lavs
	definite	laven	lavens
plural	indefinite	lavar	lavars
	definite	lavarna	lavarnas

Synonyms

• bastulav
• lave

References

• lav in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lav in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lav in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• alv, val

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English love.

Noun

lav

1. love

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French lave

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʲav/, /ɫav/

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

• lavön
• lavöp