English

Noun

lav ‎(plural lavs)

1. (Britain, slang) Short for lavatory.

   Please, miss, I need to go to the lav.

Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus:bathroom

Derived terms

• lavvy

Translations

Anagrams

• Val

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lágr (whence also English low and Norwegian bokmål låg/lav)

Adjective

lav

1. low

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lag ‎(“layer”) (plural lǫg ‎(“legal”)).

Noun

lav n (singular definite lavet, plural indefinite lav)

1. guild

Inflection

Etymology 3

From Old Norse lafa ‎(“to dangle”)

Noun

lav c (singular definite laven, plural indefinite laver)

or

lav n (singular definite lavet, plural indefinite laver)

1. lichen

Inflection

Verb

lav

1. imperative of lave

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• låg (Nynorsk also)

Etymology

From Old Norse lágr and Danish lav

Adjective

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

1. low

Derived terms

• lavland
• lavsko
• lavtliggende
• lavtrykk
• lavtysk
• lavvann
• lavvatn

References

• “lav” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lâʋ/

Noun

lȁv m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ла̏в)

1. lion (mammal)
2. (astronomy, astrology) Leo

Declension

Derived terms

• làvica
• lȁvljī
• làvovskī

Swedish

Noun

lav c

1. lichen
2. bench in sauna

Declension

Synonyms

• bastulav
• lave

Derived terms

• lavskrika

Volapük

Noun

lav ‎(plural lavs)

1. wash, washing (the action or activity)

Declension

Derived terms

• lavön
• lavöp