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English

Noun

labs

1. plural of lab

Anagrams

• B.L.A.S., BALs, BASL, BLAs, albs, slab

Danish

Noun

labs c

1. indefinite genitive singular of lab

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

labs

1. Plural form of lab

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *labas, from Proto-Indo-European *lab?- (“to seize, to grab”). The semantic development was apparently “seized, grabbed, taken” > “obtained, acquired (as property)” > “valuable, precious” > “good.” Cognates include Lithuanian lãbas (“good; hello”), lobùs (“well-off, rich”), Old Prussian labs (“good”), Sanskrit ???? (lábhate, “to seize, to gain possession, to find, to have”), Ancient Greek ??????? (láph?ron, “booty, loot, plunder; gain, benefit”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

labs (definite labais, comparative lab?ks, superlative vislab?kais, adverb labi)

1. good ((of people) following accepted moral rules, treating others in a sensitive, kind, friendly way; (of their actions) typical of such people)

   cilv?ks, kam t?k rozes un kas priec?jas par b?rniem, ir labs cilv?ks — a person who likes roses and enjoys children is a good person

2. good ((of people) among whom there is harmony, understanding, friendly relations; (of their actions, relations) typical of such people)

3. (of animals) good, tame, peaceful

4. (of people) good (who carry out their duties skillfully, conscientiously)

5. good (appropriately fulfilling or corresponding to certain requirements or expectations; pleasant, causing pleasure)

6. (of the body, its parts and functions) good (performing its functions appropriately, developing normally, as expected)

7. good (relatively large, long, above average; (of time periods) complete, full)

   atn?kt lab? tums? — to arrive in good darkness (= well after dark, after nightfall)

8. (in the locative singular as a postposition, with genitive complement) for the good of, for the benefit of

9. (usually definite forms) right, right-hand side

Declension

Antonyms

• (of "good"): slikts (“bad”), ?auns (“evil”)
• (of "right"): kreiss (“left”)

Derived terms

• labdien, labr?t, labvakar
• lab?js
• labums

References

Spanish

Noun

labs m pl

1. plural of lab

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læb/
• Rhymes: -æb

Etymology 1

Noun

lab (plural labs)

1. (colloquial) A laboratory.
   • 2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth (page 23)

     A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle.

2. (colloquial, chiefly in the plural) Laboratory experiment, test, investigation or result.

Derived terms

• lab coat
• lab rat

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

lab (plural labs)

1. (colloquial) A Labrador retriever.

Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

lab (plural labs)

1. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (obsolete) A telltale; a blabber.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Anagrams

• Alb., BAL, BLA, abl., alb

Albanian

Etymology

• From lëpe, lëbozë. Historically the inhabitants of the Labëria (“the land of lab”) region. Compare Illyrian *Labeati.

• Alternatively a back-formation based on Labëri (“Laberia”), borrowed from an unattested South Slavic *laban?ja < *olban?ja, rendering the native pre-Albanian name of the country; Albania, ??????? (Albanía). However, this is doubtful.

Noun

lab m (labe, f.)

1. southern Albanian (male)

   (male person from Labëri (“land of lab”), Labëria (“the land of lab”))

Related terms

• Labëri
• Labëria
• labërisht
• Labërishtja
• arbër

References

Danish

Noun

lab c (singular definite labben, plural indefinite labber)

1. paw

Inflection

Verb

lab

1. imperative of labbe

Dutch

Alternative forms

• labo

Etymology

Short for laboratorium

Pronunciation

Noun

lab n (plural labs, diminutive labje n)

1. (Netherlands) lab

Spanish

Noun

lab m (plural labs)

1. lab (laboratory)

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /la?p?/
• Tone numbers: lab⁸
• Hyphenation: lab

Etymology 1

From Chinese ? (MC l?p?, “wax; candle”).

Noun

lab (Sawndip forms ? or ?, old orthography lab)

1. candle

Etymology 2

From Chinese ? (MC l?p?, “cured meat”).

Verb

lab (Sawndip forms ? or ?, old orthography lab)

1. to cure (meat) by drying or smoking

Adjective

lab (Sawndip forms ? or ?, old orthography lab)

1. cured; dried; smoked