laeg

See also: læg

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch leeg. Displaced older leidig.

Adjective

laeg (comparative laegder, superlative laegs, predicative superlative 't laegs)

  1. empty
  2. dry
  3. dead

Inflection

Declension of laeg
number & gender masculine feminine neuter
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative laege laeg laeg laeg laeg laeg
genitive laegs laeger laeger laeger laegs laeger
locative laeges laeges laeges laeges laeges laeges
vocative1 laeg
dative2 laege laegen laeger laegen laeg laegen
accusative2 laege laegen laeg laeg laeg laegen
1Limited to a few fossilized forms.
2Nowadays obsolete, use the nominative instead.

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *lɤkᴰ (“deep”). Cognate with Thai ลึก (lʉ́k), Northern Thai ᩃᩮᩥᩢ᩠ᨠ, Southern Thai หลึก, Lao ເລິກ (lœk) or ລຶກ (lưk), Lü ᦵᦟᦲᧅ (loek), Shan လိုၵ်ႉ (lṵ̂ek), Ahom 𑜎𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (lük), Nong Zhuang ndaek.

Pronunciation

Adjective

laeg (1957–1982 spelling ləg)

  1. deep
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