laz

See also: Laz, láz, läz, laž, Łaz, łaź, лаз, лазь, and лаж

Middle French

Alternative forms

• las

Etymology

Old French las.

Adjective

laz

1. wretched; miserable
2. tired; fatigued

Descendants

• French: las

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (1. las)

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lat, see also Old English læt, Old Norse latr.

Adjective

laz

1. slow
2. lazy

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian laz.

Noun

laz n (plural lazuri)

1. 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

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laz

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lazъ (“meadow”). Originally meant a cleared land. First attested in 1589.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [las]

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Noun

laz m inan (diminutive lazík or lázok)

1. (chiefly in the plural) mountain settlement, hillside field in Central Slovakia

   Synonym: kopanica

Usage notes

When refering 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

Declension of laz (pattern dub)

References

1. 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, 2003–2024

Zazaki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɑz]
• Hyphenation: laz

Noun

laz

1. Alternative form of lac