laga

See also: låga and lagą

Basque

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laɡa/, [la.ɣ̞a]

Verb

laga ? (present participle lagatzen, future participle lagako, short form laga, verbal noun lagatze)

to let, to allow
Synonym: utzi
to leave
Synonym: utzi

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: la‧ga
IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔɡaʔ/

Noun

lâgâ

(Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) act of boiling
Synonym: gaga

Derived terms

lagaon
maglaga

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: la‧ga

Verb

laga

to brew; to boil

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse laga

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈleːa/
Rhymes: -eːa
Homophones: lagað, laða, laðað, læa

Verb

laga (third person singular past indicative lagaði, third person plural past indicative lagaðu, supine lagað)

to order, direct, make, arrange

Conjugation

Conjugation of laga (group v-30)
infinitive	laga
supine	lagað
participle (a6)¹	lagandi	lagaður
	present	past
first singular	lagi	lagaði
second singular	lagar	lagaði
third singular	lagar	lagaði
plural	laga	lagaðu
	imperative
singular	laga!
plural	lagið!
¹Only the past participle being declined.

Higaonon

Etymology

Akin to Cebuano dalaga.

Noun

laga

maiden

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlaːɣa/
Rhymes: -aːɣa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse laga (“to prepare, make ready”).

Verb

laga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lagaði, supine lagað)

to shape, mold
to fix, repair

Conjugation

laga — active voice (germynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að laga
supine (sagnbót)		lagað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		lagandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég laga	við lögum	present (nútíð)	ég lagi	við lögum
	þú lagar	þið lagið		þú lagir	þið lagið
	hann, hún, það lagar	þeir, þær, þau laga		hann, hún, það lagi	þeir, þær, þau lagi

past (þátíð)	ég lagaði	við löguðum	past (þátíð)	ég lagaði	við löguðum
	þú lagaðir	þið löguðuð		þú lagaðir	þið löguðuð
	hann, hún, það lagaði	þeir, þær, þau löguðu		hann, hún, það lagaði	þeir, þær, þau löguðu

imperative (boðháttur)	laga (þú)	lagið (þið)
	lagaðu	lagiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

lagast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að lagast
supine (sagnbót)		lagast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		lagandist the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég lagast	við lögumst	present (nútíð)	ég lagist	við lögumst
	þú lagast	þið lagist		þú lagist	þið lagist
	hann, hún, það lagast	þeir, þær, þau lagast		hann, hún, það lagist	þeir, þær, þau lagist

past (þátíð)	ég lagaðist	við löguðumst	past (þátíð)	ég lagaðist	við löguðumst
	þú lagaðist	þið löguðust		þú lagaðist	þið löguðust
	hann, hún, það lagaðist	þeir, þær, þau löguðust		hann, hún, það lagaðist	þeir, þær, þau löguðust

imperative (boðháttur)	lagast (þú)	lagist (þið)
	lagastu	lagisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

lagaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
strong declension (sterk beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	lagaður	löguð	lagað	lagaðir	lagaðar	löguð
accusative (þolfall)	lagaðan	lagaða	lagað	lagaða	lagaðar	löguð
dative (þágufall)	löguðum	lagaðri	löguðu	löguðum	löguðum	löguðum
genitive (eignarfall)	lagaðs	lagaðrar	lagaðs	lagaðra	lagaðra	lagaðra

weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
weak declension (veik beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	lagaði	lagaða	lagaða	löguðu	löguðu	löguðu
accusative (þolfall)	lagaða	löguðu	lagaða	löguðu	löguðu	löguðu
dative (þágufall)	lagaða	löguðu	lagaða	löguðu	löguðu	löguðu
genitive (eignarfall)	lagaða	löguðu	lagaða	löguðu	löguðu	löguðu

Noun

laga

indefinite genitive plural of lag

Indonesian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlaɡa]
Hyphenation: la‧ga

Noun

laga (plural laga-laga, first-person possessive lagaku, second-person possessive lagamu, third-person possessive laganya)

fight.

Affixed terms

berlaga
melaga
melagakan
memperlagakan
pelaga
perlagaan

Related terms

adilaga
palagan

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠɑɡə/
(Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠaɡə/

Adjective

laga pl

nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of lag

Malay

Pronunciation

(Medan) IPA^(key): [laɡa]

Noun

laga (plural laga-laga, informal 1st possessive lagaku, 2nd possessive lagamu, 3rd possessive laganya)

(Medan) betta

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

lagde (simple past), lagd (past participle), laget

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /¹lɑːɡɑ/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːɡɑ
Hyphenation: la‧ga

Verb

laga

simple past and past participle of lage

Alternative forms

lagene

Noun

laga n

definite plural of lag

Anagrams

A-lag, a-lag, gala

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

lage (e-infinitive)

Etymology

From the noun lag n.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²lɑːɡɑ/

Verb

laga (present tense lagar, past tense laga, past participle laga, passive infinitive lagast, present participle lagande, imperative laga/lag)

to make

Usage notes

This is a split infinitive verb.

Derived terms

matlaging

References

“laga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

A-lag, a-lag, alga, gala

Occitan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡɒ/

Noun

laga f (plural lagas)

(nautical) wake

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Related to the verb leggja (“to place, lay”)

Verb

laga

to prepare, make ready

Conjugation

Conjugation of laga — active (weak class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	laga
present participle	lagandi
past participle	lagaðr
1st-person singular	laga	lagaða
2nd-person singular	lagar	lagaðir
3rd-person singular	lagar	lagaði
1st-person plural	lǫgum	lǫguðum
2nd-person plural	lagið	lǫguðuð
3rd-person plural	laga	lǫguðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	laga	lagaða
2nd-person singular	lagir	lagaðir
3rd-person singular	lagi	lagaði
1st-person plural	lagim	lagaðim
2nd-person plural	lagið	lagaðið
3rd-person plural	lagi	lagaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	laga
1st-person plural	lǫgum
2nd-person plural	lagið

Conjugation of laga — mediopassive (weak class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	lagask
present participle	lagandisk
past participle	lagazk
1st-person singular	lǫgumk	lǫguðumk
2nd-person singular	lagask	lagaðisk
3rd-person singular	lagask	lagaðisk
1st-person plural	lǫgumsk	lǫguðumsk
2nd-person plural	lagizk	lǫguðuzk
3rd-person plural	lagask	lǫguðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	lǫgumk	lǫguðumk
2nd-person singular	lagisk	lagaðisk
3rd-person singular	lagisk	lagaðisk
1st-person plural	lagimsk	lagaðimsk
2nd-person plural	lagizk	lagaðizk
3rd-person plural	lagisk	lagaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	lagask
1st-person plural	lǫgumsk
2nd-person plural	lagizk

Derived terms

lagan f
lǫgun f

Descendants

Danish: lave
Faroese: laga
Icelandic: laga
Norwegian Nynorsk: laga, lage
Norwegian Bokmål: lage
Swedish: laga

Noun

laga f (genitive lǫgu)

a meeting (planned) Synonym: fundr

Declension

Declension of laga (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	laga	lagan	lǫgur	lǫgurnar
accusative	lǫgu	lǫguna	lǫgur	lǫgurnar
dative	lǫgu	lǫgunni	lǫgum	lǫgunum
genitive	lǫgu	lǫgunnar	lagna	lagnanna

References

“laga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

laga

indefinite genitive plural of lag
indefinite genitive plural of lǫg
indefinite genitive plural of lǫgr

Oromo

Noun

laga

river

Polish

Etymology

From laska +‎ -ga.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡa/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -aɡa
Syllabification: la‧ga

Noun

laga f

Augmentative of laska
Synonym: lacha

Declension

Declension of laga

	singular	plural
nominative	laga	lagi
genitive	lagi	lag
dative	ladze	lagom
accusative	lagę	lagi
instrumental	lagą	lagami
locative	ladze	lagach
vocative	lago	lagi

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish lagha (“bring to order; form into teams”), equivalent to lag (“team”) +‎ -a. Cf. Norwegian Nynorsk laga, Norwegian Bokmål lage, Danish lave.

Pronunciation

audio (file)

Verb

laga (present lagar, preterite lagade, supine lagat, imperative laga)

to repair
to cook, make, prepare (food)
(dated) to arrange, set up

Conjugation

Conjugation of laga (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	laga		lagas
Supine	lagat		lagats
Imperative	laga		—
Imper. plural¹	lagen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	lagar	lagade	lagas	lagades
Ind. plural¹	laga	lagade	lagas	lagades
Subjunctive²	lage	lagade	lages	lagades
	Participles
Present participle	lagande
Past participle	lagad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

laga mat
laga sig
lagning

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish lagha, the genitive plural of lag (“law”).

Adjective

laga (not comparable)

(dated, law) lawful, legal
Antonym: olaga

Derived terms

i laga ordning
laga ansvar
laga befogenhet
laga domstol
laga fång
laga förfall
laga kraft
laga skifte

References

laga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

gala

Tagalog

Etymology

From Southern Proto-Philippine *laqgaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *la(ŋ)gaq. Compare Hiligaynon laga, Cebuano laga, and Bikol Central gaga.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: la‧ga

IPA^(key): /ˈlaɡaʔ/, [ˈla.ɣɐʔ]

Noun

lagà

cooking or boiling in water (of meat, eggs, corn, etc.)

Derived terms

ilaga
lagaan
lagain
lalagain
maglaga
nilaga

Tiruray

Noun

laga

price

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse lag, related to the verb leggja (“to place, lay”).

Pronunciation 1

IPA^(key): [lɑ̀ːɣɐ], [lɒ̀ːɣɐ], [lòːɣɐ]
Rhymes: -ɒ̀ːɣɐ

Verb

laga (preterite & supine laga)

to order, make, arrange
du wahl laga sä du få däg hjan
you should make sure to get away

Pronunciation 2

IPA^(key): [lɑ́ːɣɐ], [láːɣɐ], [lǽːɣɐ]

Noun

laga n pl

definite nominative/accusative neuter plural of lag

Noun

laga f sg

definite nominative/accusative feminine singular of lag

laga

Basque

Pronunciation

Verb

Further reading

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Verb

Faroese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Higaonon

Etymology

Noun

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

Conjugation

Noun

Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Affixed terms

Related terms

Further reading

Irish

Pronunciation

Adjective

Malay

Pronunciation

Noun

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

Alternative forms

Noun

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Usage notes

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Occitan

Pronunciation

Noun

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

Declension

References

Etymology 3

Noun

Oromo

Noun

Polish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation