laska

See also: Appendix:Variations of "laska"

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaska/
• Rhymes: -aska

Etymology 1

Verb

laska (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative laskaði, supine laskað)

1. to damage slightly [with accusative]

   Synonyms: skemma, skaða, skadda

Conjugation

laska – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að laska
supine sagnbót		laskað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		laskandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	laska	laskaði		laski	laskaði
	þú	laskar	laskaðir		laskir	laskaðir
	hann, hún, það	laskar	laskaði		laski	laskaði
plural	við	löskum	löskuðum		löskum	löskuðum
	þið	laskið	löskuðuð		laskið	löskuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	laska	löskuðu		laski	löskuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	laska (þú), laskaðu
plural	þið	laskið (þið), laskiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

laskast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að laskast
supine sagnbót		laskast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		laskandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	laskast	laskaðist		laskist	laskaðist
	þú	laskast	laskaðist		laskist	laskaðist
	hann, hún, það	laskast	laskaðist		laskist	laskaðist
plural	við	löskumst	löskuðumst		löskumst	löskuðumst
	þið	laskist	löskuðust		laskist	löskuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	laskast	löskuðust		laskist	löskuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	laskast (þú), laskastu
plural	þið	laskist (þið), laskisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

laskaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	laskaður	löskuð	laskað	laskaðir	laskaðar	löskuð
accusative (þolfall)	laskaðan	laskaða	laskað	laskaða	laskaðar	löskuð
dative (þágufall)	löskuðum	laskaðri	löskuðu	löskuðum	löskuðum	löskuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	laskaðs	laskaðrar	laskaðs	laskaðra	laskaðra	laskaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	laskaði	laskaða	laskaða	löskuðu	löskuðu	löskuðu
accusative (þolfall)	laskaða	löskuðu	laskaða	löskuðu	löskuðu	löskuðu
dative (þágufall)	laskaða	löskuðu	laskaða	löskuðu	löskuðu	löskuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	laskaða	löskuðu	laskaða	löskuðu	löskuðu	löskuðu

Derived terms

• löskun (“damage”)

Related terms

• lasinn (“ill, sick”)

Etymology 2

Inflected form of laski (“panel of a cap; section of an orange; cuff of a sock or mitten”).

Noun

laska

1. inflection of laski:
   1. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular
   2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈlas.ka/

• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈlas.ka/
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈlʲas.ka]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aska
• Syllabification: las‧ka
• Homophone: Laska

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish laska.

Noun

laska f (diminutive laseczka, augmentative lacha or laga)

1. cane, stick, walking stick
2. rod, stick (of cinnamon, vanilla, dynamite etc.)
3. (colloquial) blowjob

   Synonyms: gała, lodzik, lód

4. (colloquial) failing grade, F

   Synonyms: gała, jedynka, pała

5. (Near Masovian, milling) wooden hornbeam cylinder in coils used to transfer motion from a mill wheel to the stones

Declension

Declension of laska

	singular	plural
nominative	laska	laski
genitive	laski	lasek
dative	lasce	laskom
accusative	laskę	laski
instrumental	laską	laskami
locative	lasce	laskach
vocative	lasko	laski

Alternative forms

• láska (“stick in a butter churn”) (Przemyśl)

Derived terms

adjectives

• laskonogi
• laskowaty

nouns

• lasecznik
• laskarz

Related terms

adjectives

• laseczkowaty

nouns

• lasecznikowiec
• laskarka

Etymology 2

Perhaps borrowed from Czech láska. If so, then a doublet of łaska.

Noun

laska f (diminutive laseczka, augmentative lachon)

1. (colloquial) attractive woman; babe

   Synonyms: dupa, dupeczka, dżaga, foczka, kociak, niunia

Declension

Declension of laska

	singular	plural
nominative	laska	laski
genitive	laski	lasek
dative	lasce	laskom
accusative	laskę	laski
instrumental	laską	laskami
locative	lasce	laskach
vocative	lasko	laski

Derived terms

nouns

• lasencja

verbs

• wylaszczyć pf

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

laska

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of laski

Further reading

• laska in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• laska in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “laski”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 365
• Aleksander Saloni (1908) “laska”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 336