lagan

See also: lågan

English

Etymology

Per Littré, from Old French lagan, from (Medieval) Latin laga maris (law of the sea), from lag (law) and maris (of the sea)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlæɡən/

Noun

lagan (uncountable)

  1. (law) Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor, attached to a floating marker that indicates ownership.

See also

References

Frédéric Godefroy, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle, Paris, 1881-1902

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lьgъkъ, *lьgъnъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lâɡan/
  • Hyphenation: la‧gan

Adjective

lȁgan (definite lȁganī, comparative lagànijī, Cyrillic spelling ла̏ган)

  1. light
  2. easy (of a task)
  3. (figuratively) slow

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