laug
Estonian
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic *laugō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /løyːɣ/
- Rhymes: -øyːɣ
Noun
laug f (genitive singular laugar, nominative plural laugar)
- bath, pool
- hot spring, warm spring, a naturally warm pool with temperatures around 20-50°C
Declension
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Older spelling of lag (“law, rule”)
Noun
laug n (definite singular lauget, indefinite plural laug, definite plural lauga or laugene)
- craft union
- (historical) guild
Compounds
- laugsbror
- laugsvesen
- laugsånd
Etymology 2
From Old Norse laug, related to Latin lavare (“wash”). Descendant can be found in the prefix of lørdag (“Saturday”) which in Old Norse was laugardagr
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /læʉɡ/ (example of pronunciation)
Etymology 1
Older spelling of lag (“law, rule”)
Noun
laug n (definite singular lauget, indefinite plural laug, definite plural lauga)
- craft union
- (historical) guild
Compounds
- laugsbror
- laugsvesen
- laugsånd
Etymology 2
From Old Norse laug, related to Latin lavare (“wash”). Descendant can be found in the prefix of laurdag (“Saturday”) which in Old Norse was laugardagr
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