lavy

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See also: Lavy and ľavý

English

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Etymology 1

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From lave (to pour out, lavish)-y.

Adjective

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lavy (comparative lavier or more lavy, superlative laviest or most lavy)

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Lavish; liberal.

Etymology 2

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From Irish lamhaidh, from Old Norse tangvé, langvé. Cognate with Icelandic langvía, lómvia, Faroese lomvigi, Norwegian langve, lomvi. Compare also French lare (seagull).

Noun

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lavy (plural lavies)

  1. A guillemot.

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lavy f

  1. inflection of lava:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural