lagar

See also: làgar and lágar

Galician

Etymology

Unknown: from Old Galician-Portuguese lagar, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *lacālis, from Latin lacus (lake; vat). Compare Portuguese lagar and Spanish lagar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /laˈɡaɾ/ [lɑˈɣ̞ɑɾ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /laˈħaɾ/ [lɑˈħɑɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: la‧gar

Noun

lagar m (plural lagares)

  1. a vat in which grapes or apples are pressed for the production of wine or cider
  2. building or construction which contains this vat
    • 1273, Miguel Romaní (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións (1989, 1989, 1993), page 387:
      vendemus et outorgamus uno tallo de herdade, o qual esta marcado per marcos ontre a casa de Pedro Perez et o lagar que esta ante o celeyro de Fernan Ares
      We sell and give a patch of land which is delimited by boundary stones in between the house of Pedro Pérez and the wine press before the granary of Fernán Ares

Derived terms

References

Gwich'in

Noun

lagar

  1. playing card
  2. card game

Irish

Etymology

Derived from lag (weak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠaɡəɾˠ/

Noun

lagar m (genitive singular lagair, nominative plural lagracha)

  1. (uncountable) weakness, faintness
    Synonym: laige
  2. (countable) fainting spell, swoon
    Thit siad i lagar.
    They fell into a swoon.

Declension

Declension of lagar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative lagar llagracha
vocative a lagair a llagracha
genitive lagair llagracha
dative lagar llagracha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an lagar na llagracha
genitive an lagair na llagracha
dative leis an lagar
don lagar
leis na llagracha

Derived terms

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

lagar

  1. present of laga

Old Norse

Noun

lagar

  1. genitive singular of lǫgr

Portuguese

FWOTD – 4 August 2013

Etymology

Unknown.[1] Possibly from lago or from a Vulgar Latin *lacālis, from Latin lacus.[2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /laˈɡaʁ/ [laˈɡah]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /laˈɡaɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /laˈɡaʁ/ [laˈɡaχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /laˈɡaɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐˈɡaɾ/ [lɐˈɣaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐˈɡa.ɾi/ [lɐˈɣa.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: la‧gar

Noun

lagar m (plural lagares)

  1. a vat in which olives and grapes are pressed
    • 2001, Bíblia Sagrada, Nova Versão Internacional, Biblica, Hosea 9:2:
      Os produtos da eira e do lagar não alimentarão o povo; o vinho novo lhes faltará.
      The products from the threshing floor and from the pressing vat won’t feed the people; they will lack the new wine.

Derived terms

  • lagariço (diminutive)

See also

References

  1. ^ lagar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025
  2. ^ lagar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025

Spanish

Etymology

From lago. Compare Portuguese and Galician lagar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈɡaɾ/ [laˈɣ̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: la‧gar

Noun

lagar m (plural lagares)

  1. a vat in which olives, grapes or apples are pressed
    Synonym: jaraíz

Further reading

Sumerian

Romanization

lagar

  1. romanization of 𒇬 (lagar)

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

lagar

  1. indefinite plural of lag

Verb

lagar

  1. present indicative of laga

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