laitsje

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hlakia, hlakkia, from Proto-West Germanic *hlakōn, *hlakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *hlakkōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian laachje (“to laugh”), Old English hlacerung (“scoffing, mockery, scorn”), Icelandic hlakka (“to scream, screech”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlai̯tsjə/

Verb

laitsje

1. to laugh

Inflection

Weak class 2
infinitive	laitsje
3rd singular past	lake
past participle	lake
infinitive	laitsje
long infinitive	laitsjen
gerund	laitsjen n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	laitsje	lake
2nd singular	lakest	lakest
3rd singular	laket	lake
plural	laitsje	laken
imperative	laitsje
participles	laitsjend	lake

Further reading

• “laitsje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011