lasca

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from Old High German *laska or Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰 (*laska, “piece; tatter”), from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Dutch las, and Middle English lasce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaskɐ]

Noun

lasca f (plural lascas)

1. chip; splinter; shaving

   Synonyms: labra, lisca, para

2. gecko

   Synonyms: ladra, osga

Derived terms

• lascar

References

• “lasca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “lasca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lasca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠɑsˠkə/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠasˠkə/

Etymology 1

Noun

lasca m (genitive singular lasca, nominative plural lascaí)

1. welt (strip of leather on a shoe)

Declension

Declension of lasca

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative lasca lascaí Vocative a lasca a lascaí Genitive lasca lascaí Dative lasca lascaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an lasca na lascaí Genitive an lasca na lascaí Dative leis an lasca don lasca leis na lascaí

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “lasca bróige”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 420
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lasca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 22

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lasca

1. plural of lasc

Verb

lasca

1. present subjunctive analytic of lasc

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ska/
• Rhymes: -aska
• Hyphenation: là‧sca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Lombardic asco (“grayling”), whence German Äsche, with the l- derived from rebracketing of the definite article.

Noun

lasca f (plural lasche)

1. nase (fish of the family Cyprinidae)
2. (regional or archaic) fish (in general)

   Synonym: pesce

Further reading

• lasca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lasca

1. inflection of lascare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• scala

Ladin

Verb

lasca

1. inflection of lascer:
   1. third-person singular/plural present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlas.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlas.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈlaʃ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlas.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlaʃ.kɐ/

Etymology 1

From Old High German *laska or Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰 (*laska, “piece; tatter”), from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Dutch las, and Middle English lasce.

Noun

lasca f (plural lascas)

1. chip; splinter (small piece removed from the surface of something)

   O chão da carpintaria estava cheio de lascas de madeira.

   The carpentry’s floor was full of woodchips.

   Quero uma lasca dessa carne, garçom.

   I’d like a shaving of that meat, waiter.

Etymology 2

Verb

lasca

1. inflection of lascar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaska/ [ˈlas.ka]
• Rhymes: -aska
• Syllabification: las‧ca

Etymology 1

From Old High German *laska or Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰 (*laska, “piece; tatter”), from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Dutch las, and Middle English lasce.

Noun

lasca f (plural lascas)

1. stone chip, lithic flake
2. thin slice

   una lasca de jamón ― a thin slice of ham

Etymology 2

Verb

lasca

1. inflection of lascar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “lasca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014