"-lac" meaning in All languages combined

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Suffix [Old English]

IPA: /lɑːk/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *-laik, from Proto-Germanic *-laiką (“jump, spring, sport”), from *laiką (“play, sport, fight, activity”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to bounce, shake, tremble”). Related to Proto-Germanic *laikaz (“game, dance, hymn, sport”). Akin to Old English lāc (“sport, play”). More at English lake (Etymology 2). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*-laik}} Proto-West Germanic *-laik, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*-laiką|t=jump, spring, sport}} Proto-Germanic *-laiką (“jump, spring, sport”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*leyg-|t=to bounce, shake, tremble}} Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to bounce, shake, tremble”), {{cog|gem-pro|*laikaz|t=game, dance, hymn, sport}} Proto-Germanic *laikaz (“game, dance, hymn, sport”), {{cog|ang|lāc|t=sport, play}} Old English lāc (“sport, play”), {{cog|en|lake|pos=Etymology 2}} English lake (Etymology 2) Head templates: {{head|ang|suffix|g=n|head=-lāc}} -lāc n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|-lāc}}, {{ang-decl-noun|-lāc|-lāc|-lāc|-lāc|-lāces|-lāca|-lāce|-lācum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: -lāc [canonical, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], -lāc [nominative, singular], -lāc [nominative, plural], -lāc [accusative, singular], -lāc [accusative, plural], -lāces [genitive, singular], -lāca [genitive, plural], -lāce [dative, singular], -lācum [dative, plural]
  1. noun suffix denoting activity (compare Modern English -ation) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--lac-ang-suffix-Yap1jgdo Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 92 8 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 93 7 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 0 0
  2. practice, action or process of Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--lac-ang-suffix-PTS3whIW
  3. act of Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--lac-ang-suffix-~7xPSUxo
  4. gift Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--lac-ang-suffix-oZVLFadF

Suffix [Serbo-Croatian]

Forms: -лац [Cyrillic]
Etymology: Compare -ac. Head templates: {{sh-suffix}} -lac (Cyrillic spelling -лац)
  1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer or a feature. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--lac-sh-suffix-yfkijyvX Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "-lac",
            "3": "-lec",
            "4": "-laik",
            "5": "-lok"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: -lac, -lec, -laik, -lok",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: -lac, -lec, -laik, -lok"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-lock"
          },
          "expansion": "English: -lock",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: -lock (only in wedlock, bridelock)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "-laik",
            "3": "-lok",
            "4": "-locke"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: -laik, -lok, -locke",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: -laik, -lok, -locke"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-laik"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-laik",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-laiką",
        "t": "jump, spring, sport"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*leyg-",
        "t": "to bounce, shake, tremble"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*laikaz",
        "t": "game, dance, hymn, sport"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *laikaz (“game, dance, hymn, sport”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "lāc",
        "t": "sport, play"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lāc (“sport, play”)",
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lake",
        "pos": "Etymology 2"
      },
      "expansion": "English lake (Etymology 2)",
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    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "-lāc",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lāc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lāc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lāc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lāc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lāces",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lāca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lāce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lācum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ang",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "n",
        "head": "-lāc"
      },
      "expansion": "-lāc n",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-lāc"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-lāc",
        "2": "-lāc",
        "3": "-lāc",
        "4": "-lāc",
        "5": "-lāces",
        "6": "-lāca",
        "7": "-lāce",
        "8": "-lācum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "93 7 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 4 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "fighting",
          "text": "feohtlāc",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "noun suffix denoting activity (compare Modern English -ation)"
      ],
      "id": "en--lac-ang-suffix-Yap1jgdo",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ation",
          "-ation#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "pledge, plighted troth",
          "text": "wedlāc",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "practice, action or process of"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "practice",
          "practice"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "sexual intercourse",
          "text": "hǣmedlāc",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "act of"
      ],
      "id": "en--lac-ang-suffix-~7xPSUxo",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "oblation, free-will offering",
          "text": "frēolāc",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "sea-gift",
          "text": "sǣlāc",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "gift"
      ],
      "id": "en--lac-ang-suffix-oZVLFadF",
      "links": [
        [
          "gift",
          "gift"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑːk/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-lac"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Compare -ac.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-лац",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-lac (Cyrillic spelling -лац)",
      "name": "sh-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer or a feature."
      ],
      "id": "en--lac-sh-suffix-yfkijyvX",
      "links": [
        [
          "masculine",
          "masculine#English"
        ],
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "profession",
          "profession#English"
        ],
        [
          "performer",
          "performer#English"
        ],
        [
          "feature",
          "feature#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-lac"
}
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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
    "Old English neuter suffixes",
    "Old English suffixes",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages using catfix",
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            "5": "-lok"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: -lac, -lec, -laik, -lok"
    },
    {
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-lock"
          },
          "expansion": "English: -lock",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: -lock (only in wedlock, bridelock)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
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            "4": "-locke"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: -laik, -lok, -locke",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: -laik, -lok, -locke"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "1": "ang",
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        "t": "jump, spring, sport"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "der"
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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        "t": "sport, play"
      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lake",
        "pos": "Etymology 2"
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      "form": "-lāc",
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        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lāc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lāc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lāc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lāc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lāces",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lāca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lāce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lācum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "n",
        "head": "-lāc"
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "-lāc"
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "-lāc",
        "2": "-lāc",
        "3": "-lāc",
        "4": "-lāc",
        "5": "-lāces",
        "6": "-lāca",
        "7": "-lāce",
        "8": "-lācum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "suffix",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "fighting",
          "text": "feohtlāc",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "noun suffix denoting activity (compare Modern English -ation)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ation",
          "-ation#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "pledge, plighted troth",
          "text": "wedlāc",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "practice, action or process of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "practice",
          "practice"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "sexual intercourse",
          "text": "hǣmedlāc",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "act of"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "oblation, free-will offering",
          "text": "frēolāc",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "sea-gift",
          "text": "sǣlāc",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gift"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gift",
          "gift"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑːk/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-lac"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Compare -ac.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-лац",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-lac (Cyrillic spelling -лац)",
      "name": "sh-suffix"
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  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Serbo-Croatian lemmas",
        "Serbo-Croatian suffixes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer or a feature."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "masculine",
          "masculine#English"
        ],
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "profession",
          "profession#English"
        ],
        [
          "performer",
          "performer#English"
        ],
        [
          "feature",
          "feature#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-lac"
}

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