"laai" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

Audio: Nl-laai.ogg Forms: laaien [plural], laaitje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: From Middle Dutch laeye, from Proto-West Germanic *laugi. It could have been borrowed through an unattested Old Frisian term. See also Old English līeġ, Old High German loug and Old Norse leygr. Compare also German Lohe (“flame”), an ablaut variant of the latter two. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|laeye}} Middle Dutch laeye, {{der|nl|gmw-pro|*laugi}} Proto-West Germanic *laugi, {{der|nl|ofs|-}} Old Frisian, {{cog|ang|līeġ}} Old English līeġ, {{cog|goh|loug}} Old High German loug, {{cog|non|leygr}} Old Norse leygr, {{cog|de|Lohe||flame}} German Lohe (“flame”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|+}} laai f (plural laaien, diminutive laaitje n)
  1. flame Tags: feminine Synonyms (flame): vlam
    Sense id: en-laai-nl-noun-vZ3F942s Categories (other): Fire Disambiguation of Fire: 100 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'flame': 100 0
  2. glow Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-laai-nl-noun-0nYIzKm2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: laaien, lichterlaaie, ontlaaien

Verb

Audio: Nl-laai.ogg
Etymology: From Middle Dutch laeye, from Proto-West Germanic *laugi. It could have been borrowed through an unattested Old Frisian term. See also Old English līeġ, Old High German loug and Old Norse leygr. Compare also German Lohe (“flame”), an ablaut variant of the latter two. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|laeye}} Middle Dutch laeye, {{der|nl|gmw-pro|*laugi}} Proto-West Germanic *laugi, {{der|nl|ofs|-}} Old Frisian, {{cog|ang|līeġ}} Old English līeġ, {{cog|goh|loug}} Old High German loug, {{cog|non|leygr}} Old Norse leygr, {{cog|de|Lohe||flame}} German Lohe (“flame”) Head templates: {{head|nl|verb form}} laai
  1. inflection of laaien:
    first-person singular present indicative
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: laaien
    Sense id: en-laai-nl-verb-aygGJrPu Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 1 1 1 1 42 42 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 1 1 1 1 46 46 3 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 43 43 12
  2. inflection of laaien:
    (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Form of: laaien
    Sense id: en-laai-nl-verb-P1wkX-Ks Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 1 1 1 1 42 42 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 1 1 1 1 46 46 3 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 43 43 12
  3. inflection of laaien:
    imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative Form of: laaien
    Sense id: en-laai-nl-verb-uJ~EBMci Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 43 43 12
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