Noun: læ
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | læ |
| Sg. definite | læet |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | læs |
| Sg. definite | læets |
Sample Sentences
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Byen ligger i læ af bjerget. (The town is sheltered from the wind by the mountain.)
Nouns inflected like læ
urfjeld,
samhør,
samliv,
smegma,
selvværd,
industriaffald,
bæskubberi,
skarpsyn,
betleri,
vellevned,
støbejern,
babytøj,
bagslag,
bagværk,
madaffald,
spildevand,
dagslys,
adelskab,
blodslægtskab,
stjernestøv, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse hlé, from Proto-Germanic *hlewą, cognate with English lee, Dutch lij, and German Lee. The adjective is probably originally a different derivation from the same root: Old Norse hlær, from Proto-Germanic *hlējaz (“warm”), compare also *hlēwaz (“warm”), which is the source of Icelandic hlár, English lew, Dutch lauw, and German lau. These words go back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁-, cf. Latin caleō (“be hot”), calidus (“hot”), Lithuanian šil̃tas (“warm”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
hlé', English Nouns '
lee', Dutch Nouns '
lij', German Nouns '
Lee', Old Norse Nouns '
hlær'.
Verbs referencing "læ"
English Nouns
lee.
Translations