lagar

See also: làgar, and lágar

Galician

An old lagar, Toén

Etymology

Unknown: from Old Galician-Portuguese lagar, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *lacālis, from Latin lacus (“lake; vat”). Compare Portuguese lagar and Spanish lagar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /laˈɡaɾ/ [lɑˈɣ̞ɑɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /laˈɡaɾ/ [lɑˈɣ̞ɑɾ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /laˈħaɾ/ [lɑˈħɑɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: la‧gar

Noun

lagar m (plural lagares)

1. a vat in which grapes or apples are pressed for the production of wine or cider
2. building or construction which contains this vat
   • 1273, Miguel Romaní (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións (1989, 1989, 1993), page 387:

     vendemus et outorgamus uno tallo de herdade, o qual esta marcado per marcos ontre a casa de Pedro Perez et o lagar que esta ante o celeyro de Fernan Ares

     We sell and give a patch of land which is delimited by boundary stones in between the house of Pedro Pérez and the wine press before the granary of Fernán Ares

Derived terms

• Lagar
• Lagares
• lagareta

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lagar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lagar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lagar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lagar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lagar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Gwich'in

Noun

lagar

1. playing card
2. card game

Irish

Etymology

Derived from lag (“weak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠaɡəɾˠ/

Noun

lagar m (genitive singular lagair, nominative plural lagracha)

1. (uncountable) weakness, faintness

   Synonym: laige

2. (countable) fainting spell, swoon

   Thit siad i lagar.

   They fell into a swoon.

Declension

Declension of lagar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative lagar llagracha Vocative a lagair a llagracha Genitive lagair llagracha Dative lagar llagracha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an lagar na llagracha Genitive an lagair na llagracha Dative leis an lagar don lagar leis na llagracha

Derived terms

• dúlagar (“depression”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lagar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

lagar

1. present of laga

Old Norse

Noun

lagar

1. genitive singular of lǫgr

Portuguese

FWOTD – 4 August 2013

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from lago or from a Vulgar Latin *lacālis, from Latin lacus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaʁ/ [laˈɡah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaʁ/ [laˈɡah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaʁ/ [laˈɡaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡaɾ/ [lɐˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡaɾ/ [lɐˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡa.ɾi/ [lɐˈɣa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: la‧gar

Noun

lagar m (plural lagares)

1. a vat in which olives and grapes are pressed
   • 2001, Bíblia Sagrada, Nova Versão Internacional, Biblica, Hosea 9:2:

     Os produtos da eira e do lagar não alimentarão o povo; o vinho novo lhes faltará.

     The products from the threshing floor and from the pressing vat won’t feed the people; they will lack the new wine.

Derived terms

• lagariço (diminutive)

See also

• prensa

Spanish

Etymology

From lago. Compare Portuguese and Galician lagar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈɡaɾ/ [laˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: la‧gar

Noun

lagar m (plural lagares)

1. a vat in which olives, grapes or apples are pressed

   Synonym: jaraíz

Further reading

• “lagar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Sumerian

Romanization

lagar

1. Romanization of 𒇬 (lagar)

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

lagar

1. indefinite plural of lag

Verb

lagar

1. present indicative of laga

Anagrams

• lagra, ragla