lasca

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from Old High German *laska or Gothic *đŒ»đŒ°đƒđŒș𐌰 (*laska, “piece; tatter”), from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Dutch las, and Middle English lasce.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlaskɐ]

Noun

lasca f (plural lascas)

  1. chip; splinter; shaving
    Synonyms: labra, lisca, para
  2. gecko
    Synonyms: ladra, osga

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, JosĂ© A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “lasca”, in Diccionario crĂ­tico etimolĂłgico castellano e hispĂĄnico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlÌȘˠɑsË kə/[1], /ˈlÌȘË asË kə/

Etymology 1

Noun

lasca m (genitive singular lasca, nominative plural lascaĂ­)

  1. welt (strip of leather on a shoe)
Declension
Declension of lasca (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative lasca lascaĂ­
vocative a lasca a lascaĂ­
genitive lasca lascaĂ­
dative lasca lascaĂ­
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an lasca na lascaĂ­
genitive an lasca na lascaĂ­
dative leis an lasca
don lasca
leis na lascaĂ­

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lasca

  1. plural of lasc

Verb

lasca

  1. analytic present subjunctive of lasc

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) PhonĂ©tique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 40, page 22

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlas.ka/
  • Rhymes: -aska
  • Hyphenation: là‧sca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Lombardic asco (“grayling”), whence German Äsche, with the l- derived from rebracketing of the definite article.

Noun

lasca f (plural lasche)

  1. nase (fish of the family Cyprinidae)
  2. (regional or archaic) fish (in general)
    Synonym: pesce

Further reading

  • lasca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lasca

  1. inflection of lascare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Ladin

Verb

lasca

  1. inflection of lascer:
    1. third-person singular/plural present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlas.kɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈlaʃ.kɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlas.ka/

Etymology 1

From Old High German *laska or Gothic *đŒ»đŒ°đƒđŒș𐌰 (*laska, “piece; tatter”), from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Dutch las, and Middle English lasce.

Noun

lasca f (plural lascas)

  1. chip; splinter (small piece removed from the surface of something)
    O chĂŁo da carpintaria estava cheio de lascas de madeira.
    The carpentry’s floor was full of woodchips.
    Quero uma lasca dessa carne, garçom.
    I’d like a shaving of that meat, waiter.

Etymology 2

Verb

lasca

  1. inflection of lascar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaska/ [ˈlas.ka]
  • Rhymes: -aska
  • Syllabification: las‧ca

Etymology 1

From Old High German *laska or Gothic *đŒ»đŒ°đƒđŒș𐌰 (*laska, “piece; tatter”), from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Dutch las, and Middle English lasce.

Noun

lasca f (plural lascas)

  1. stone chip, lithic flake
  2. thin slice
    una lasca de jamón ― a thin slice of ham

Etymology 2

Verb

lasca

  1. inflection of lascar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading