laf

See also: Laf

Dutch

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -ɑf

Adjective

laf (comparative laffer, superlative lafst)

  1. cowardly
    Maar de algemene regel is dat de man, "zwak of sterk", volgens Kuyper "Koning in zijn huis" is en dat "Een man die zijn vrouw in huis 'de baas laat spelen' laf en onmannelijk is. — But the general rule is that the man, "weak or strong," according to Kuyper "is king of his house" and that "a man who lets his wife 'play the boss' is cowardly and unmanly."

Inflection
Inflection of laf
uninflected laf
inflected laffe
comparative laffer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial laflafferhet lafst
het lafste
indefinite m./f. sing. laffelafferelafste
n. sing. laflafferlafste
plural laffelafferelafste
definite laffelafferelafste
partitive lafslaffers—

Derived terms

Anagrams

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /laːv/
  • Rhymes: -aːv

Noun

laf n (genitive singular lafs, nominative plural löf)

  1. lap, skirt (of a coat)

Declension
declension of laf
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative laf lafið löf löfin
accusative laf lafið löf löfin
dative lafi lafinu löfum löfunum
genitive lafs lafsins lafa lafanna

Anagrams

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /laːf/

Verb

laf

  1. second-person singular imperative of lafen

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laibō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɑːf/

Noun

lāf f (nominative plural lāfe)

  1. leavings, remains
  2. legacy
  3. heirloom

Descendants

Volapük

Noun

laf (plural lafs)

  1. half

Declension
declension of laf
singular plural
nominative laf lafs
genitive lafa lafas
dative lafe lafes
accusative lafi lafis
vocative 1 o laf! o lafs!
predicative 2 lafu lafus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only
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