laachje

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hlakia, hlakkia, from Proto-West Germanic *hlakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *hlakkōną (“to laugh”). Cognate with West Frisian laitsje (“to laugh”), Old English hlacerung (“scoffing, mockery, scorn”). Alteration of k(k) ~ ch likely due to influence from (Middle) Low German lachen, and/or German lachen (“to laugh”).

Verb

laachje

1. (intransitive) to laugh

   Synonym: gaffelje

Conjugation

Conjugation of laachje (weak type 2)

Grúundfoarme			laachje
Infinitive			tou laachjen
Present tense				Past tense
iek	laachje	wie	laachje	iek	lachede	wie	lacheden
du	lachest	jie	laachje	du	lachedest	jie	lacheden
hie/ju/dät	lachet	jo	laachje	hie/ju/dät	lachede	jo	lacheden
Present participle		Imperative		Auxiliary		Past participle
laachjend		Singular	laach	häbe		lached
		Plural	laachjet

Derived terms

• ferlaachje
• smusterlaachje
• smüüsterlaachje
• uutlaachje

 

Related terms

• Laachjen

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “laachje”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN