-lac

See also: lac, lać, lâc, lắc, lạc, Lạc, and Appendix:Variations of "lac"

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laiką (“jump, spring, sport”), from Proto-Germanic *laiką (“play, sport, fight, activity”), *laikaz (“game, dance, hymn, sport”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to bounce, shake, tremble”).

Akin to Old English lāc (“sport, play”). More at English lake (Etymology 2).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɑːk/

Suffix

-lāc n

  1. noun suffix denoting activity (compare Modern English -ation)
    feohtlāc (“fighting”)
  2. practice, action or process of
    wedlāc (“pledge, plighted troth”)
  3. act of
    hǣmedlāc (“sexual intercourse”)
  4. gift
    frēolāc (“oblation, free-will offering”)
    sǣlāc (“sea-gift”)

Declension
Declension of -lac (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative -lāc -lāc
accusative -lāc -lāc
genitive -lāces -lāca
dative -lāce -lācum

Derived terms
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Descendants

Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-lac (Cyrillic spelling -лац)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer or a feature.
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