laz

Clipping of English Lae with z as a placeholder.

laz

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Aribwatsa.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Aribwatsa terms

From laskõ. Compare Estonian las.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑˀz/, [ˈlɑˀz̥]

la’z

1. let (with a verb); forms a first-person or third-person imperative.

• Used with the jussive forms of verbs.
• The person who is allowed to do something may be placed between laz and the verb in the nominative.
• The first-person imperative using laz (e.g. la’z mēg tī’egõd) is more common than the form using -gõm (tī’egõm).

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “laz”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

• las

Old French las.

laz

1. wretched; miserable
2. tired; fatigued

• French: las

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

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

laz

1. slow
2. lazy

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian laz.

laz n (plural lazuri)

1. recently cleared forest

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

• IPA^(key): [las]

laz m inan (diminutive lazík or lázok)

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

   Synonym: kopanica

When referring to the same concept in West Slovakia, kopanica is used.

• “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, 2003–2025

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

laz

1. alternative form of lac