laz
Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adjective
laz
Descendants
- French: las
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (1. las)
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *lat, see also Old English læt, Old Norse latr.
Adjective
laz
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian laz.
Noun
laz n (plural lazuri)
- recently cleared forest
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | laz | lazul | lazuri | lazurile | |
| genitive-dative | laz | lazului | lazuri | lazurilor | |
| vocative | lazule | lazurilor | |||
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lazъ (“meadow”). Originally meant a cleared land. First attested in 1589.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [las]
Noun
laz m inan (diminutive lazík or lázok)
- (chiefly in the plural) mountain settlement, hillside field in Central Slovakia
- Synonym: kopanica
Usage notes
When referring to the same concept in West Slovakia, kopanica is used.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | laz | lazy |
| genitive | lazu | lazov |
| dative | lazu | lazom |
| accusative | laz | lazy |
| locative | laze | lazoch |
| instrumental | lazom | lazmi |
References
- ^ 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
- “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, 2003–2025
Zazaki
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlɑz]
- Hyphenation: laz
Noun
laz
- alternative form of lac