laxa

See also: laxá and läxa

Galician

Laxa or laxe with ancient petroglyphs

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the medieval form lagea, previously documented in local Medieval Latin as lagena; from a substrate language; probably from Proto-Celtic *laginā (blade). Confer Welsh llain (blade, sword, spear) and Old Irish láige (mattock, spade; broad spearhead).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaʃa̝/

Noun

laxa f (plural laxas)

  1. flagstone; slab
    Synonyms: lastra, lousa
  2. flat outcrop

Derived terms

  • Laxa
  • Laxas

Descendants

References

  • lagia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • laja” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • laxa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • laxa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • laxa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. laja.
  2. Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 61

Icelandic

Noun

laxa

  1. indefinite accusative plural of lax
  2. indefinite genitive plural of lax

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English lax, French laxiste, German lax, Italian lasso, Spanish laxo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaksa/, /ˈlaɡza/

Adjective

laxa

  1. lax, loose, slack

Antonyms

Derived terms


Latin

Verb

laxā

  1. first-person singular present active imperative of laxō

References


Spanish

Verb

laxa

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of laxar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of laxar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of laxar.
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