# lav
## Translingual
### Symbol

lav
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Latvian.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Latvian terms

## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /læv/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -æv

### Noun

lav (plural lavs)
* (UK, Ireland, slang) Clipping of lavatory.
    Please, miss, I need to go to the lav.
** Quoted in 2006, Matt Houlbrook, Queer London (page 151)
    If you had too much slap on when you went out . . . your mates say too much slap on your ecaf. Yeah. Oh really girl? Yes . . . Go in the lavs here and have a look.
* (film, informal) Clipping of lavalier microphone.
    When you’re recording interviews, it’s best to use a lav.

#### Synonyms

* See Thesaurus:bathroom

#### Derived terms

* lavvy

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* AVL, Val, Vla., val

## Aneityum
### Etymology

Borrowed from Bislama lav (“to laugh”).

### Verb

lav
* to laugh

### References

* Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlaf]

### Noun

lav f
* genitive plural of lava

## Danish
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse lágr, from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz, cognate with Norwegian låg, Swedish låg. English low is borrowed from Old Norse.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaːˀv/, [ˈlæˀʋ], [ˈlæwˀ]

#### Adjective

lav (neuter lavt, plural and definite singular attributive lave)
* low

##### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse lag (“layer”), from Proto-Germanic *lagą. Doublet of lag, [Term?], and layer (the Old Norse plural lǫg lives on in Danish lov and English law).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaw(ˀ)/, [ˈlɑw], [ˈlɑwˀ]

#### Noun

lav n (singular definite lavet, plural indefinite lav)
* guild

##### Derived terms

* nouns: bådelav, ejerlav, håndværkerlav, vandrelav, vandrerlav, vindmøllelav, vejlav

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Norwegian lav, derived from the verb Old Norse lafa (“to dangle”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaw/, [ˈlɑw]

#### Noun

lav c or n (singular definite laven or lavet, plural indefinite laver)
* lichen

##### Declension
### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaːˀv/, [ˈlæˀʋ], [ˈlæwˀ]

#### Verb

lav
* imperative of lave

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Danish lav.

#### Alternative forms

* låg (Nynorsk also)

#### Adjective

lav (neuter singular lavt, definite singular and plural lave, comparative lavere, indefinite superlative lavest, definite superlative laveste)
* low

##### Derived terms

* lavbudsjett
* lavland
* lavlønnet
* lavsesong
* lavsko
* lavtliggende
* lavtrykk
* lavtysk
* lavvann, lavvatn

### Etymology 2

From Danish lav, itself a borrowing from Norwegian lav. Related to the verb lave.

#### Noun

lav m (definite singular laven, indefinite plural laver, definite plural lavene)
lav n (definite singular lavet, indefinite plural laver, definite plural lava or lavene)
* lichen

### References

* “lav” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From the verb lava (“to dangle”), from Old Norse lafa. Cognate with Norn lav, Icelandic laf and Swedish lav.

### Noun

lav n (definite singular lavet, indefinite plural lav, definite plural lava)
* lichen
* something that hangs down
** a cobweb that dangles from the roof
** rain and dew drops in a tree
** ash from leaves or needles that hangs on burnt twigs

#### Derived terms

* bjørkelav
* bladlav
* brunkrinslav
* brødlav
* einelav
* ekornlav
* furelav, furulav
* gardlav
* gjerdelav
* granlav
* grønlav
* gullav
* gulsottlav
* ikornlav
* islandslav
* jervelav
* kartlav
* lungelav
* mannalav
* massinglav
* matlav
* messinglav
* navlelav
* reinlav
* reinsdyrlav
* saltlav
* skinnlav
* skjegglav
* skorpelav
* snømållav
* steinlav
* trønderlav
* ulvelav
* øyrelav

### References

* “lav” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from a Germanic language.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lâʋ/

### Noun

lȁv m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏в)
* lion (mammal)
* (astronomy, astrology) Leo
* (soccer, chiefly in plural) Olympique Lyonnais player

#### Derived terms

* làvica
* lȁvljī
* làvovskī
* mòrskī lȁv (“sea lion”)

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɑːv/
* Rhymes: -ɑːv

### Etymology 1

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk lav

### Noun

lav c
* lichen

### Derived terms

* lavskrika
* varglav

### Etymology 2

From Old Swedish lavi, possibly from the root of loge (“kind of barn”).
The other version derives it to Slavic origins, through Finnish. Ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lā́ˀwāˀ. Cognate with modern Russian лавка (lavka) and modern Finnish lava.

### Noun

lav c
* bench in sauna

#### Synonyms

* bastulav
* lave

### References

* lav in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* lav in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* lav in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* alv, val

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English love.

### Noun

lav
* love

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French lave

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lʲav/, /ɫav/

### Noun

lav (definite accusative lavı, plural lavlar)
* lava

## Volapük
### Noun

lav (nominative plural lavs)
* wash, washing (the action or activity)

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

#### Derived terms

* lavön
* lavöp