lavy
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom lave (“to pour out, lavish”) + -y.
Adjective
editlavy (comparative lavier or more lavy, superlative laviest or most lavy)
Etymology 2
editFrom Irish lamhaidh, from Old Norse tangvé, langvé. Cognate with Icelandic langvía, lómvia, Faroese lomvigi, Norwegian langve, lomvi. Compare also French lare (“seagull”).
Noun
editlavy (plural lavies)
- A guillemot.
Czech
editPronunciation
editNoun
editlavy f
- inflection of lava:
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