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English[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]From Middle English lawe, laȝe, from Old English lagu (“law”), borrowed from Old Norse lǫg (“law”, literally “things laid down or firmly established”), originally the plural of lag (“layer, stratum, a laying in order, measure, stroke”), from Proto-Germanic *lagą (“that which is laid down”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”). Cognate with Scots law (“law”), Icelandic lög (“things laid down, law”), Faroese lóg (“law”), Norwegian lov (“law”), Swedish lag (“law”), Danish lov (“law”). Replaced Old English ǣ and ġesetnes. More at lay. Not related to French loi and Spanish ley, which instead derive from Latin lēx, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”). Noun[edit]law (countable and uncountable, plural laws)
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Translations[edit]body of rules established in a community by its authorities
any rule that must or should be obeyed
statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
informal: the police
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Verb[edit]law (third-person singular simple present laws, present participle lawing, simple past and past participle lawed)
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Etymology 2[edit]From Middle English lawe, from Old English hlāw (“burial mound”). Also spelled low. Noun[edit]law (plural laws)
Etymology 3[edit]From Middle English lagh, from Old Norse lag (“that which is lying or laid, position, price, way, sting, blow”), from Proto-Germanic *lagą (“that which is laid”). Cognate with Scots lauch (“one's tavern-reckoning or one's share of the cost, a score; a payment for drink or entertainment”), Middle English lai (“one's share of expenses, one's bill or account”). Noun[edit]law (plural laws)
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Etymology 4[edit]Compare la and Lawd. Interjection[edit]law
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Fula[edit]Adverb[edit]law
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Khumi Chin[edit]Etymology[edit]From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khlaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-la. Cognates include Tibetan ཟླ་བ (zla ba) and Burmese လ (la.). Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]law
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Lower Sorbian[edit]Etymology[edit]From Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-. Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]law m (diminutive lawk, feminine equivalent lawowka)
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Middle English[edit]Noun[edit]law
Scots[edit]Noun[edit]law (plural laws)
Sranan Tongo[edit]Etymology[edit]Probably from Kongo kilawu, from Proto-Bantu *dadU. Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]law
Upper Sorbian[edit]Etymology[edit]From Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-. Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]law m
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Welsh[edit]Noun[edit]law
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Noun[edit]law
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