Old English · noun

leax

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /læ͜ɑks/
Syllables: læ͜ɑks (1 syllable)
Modern English: lax salmon

Meaning

a salmon

Declension

Declension of leax
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	leax	leaxas
Accusative	leax	leaxas
Genitive	leaxes	leaxa
Dative	leaxe	leaxum

All forms (6)

leax
leaxas
leaxes
leaxa
leaxe
leaxum

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lahsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lakso-. Cognate with Old High German lahs (German Lachs), Old Norse lax (Swedish lax). The Indo-European root is also the source of Lithuanian lašiša, Latvian lasis, Russian лосо́сь (losósʹ).

Descendants

lax

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