lasca

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) stone chip, lithic flake
2. (feminine) thin slice

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of lascar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of lascar:

lascar

to slacken; slip

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Concepts

advantage

benefit

chip

flake

Translations

ascla

Steinsplitter

éclat

scaglia

splinter

Hyphenated as

las‧ca

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlaska/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: las

Cognate with Middle English: lasce

In summary

From Old High German *laska or Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰 (*laska, “piece; tatter”), from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Dutch las, and Middle English lasce.