Lauf:

• Authors: Anna Černá

Title variants

EN

On the Czech word lauf:

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The article deals with the meaning of the Czech noun lauf. The relevant dictionaries state only slang meanings ‘(gun) barrel’ and ‘rapid series of tones’. Nevertheless, that does not meet the present word usage. The paper focuses on sports environment, where lauf is commonly used synonym for long-distance run. It also notices nouns laufař/laufařka and observes the usage and meaning of phrases like být v laufu (‘to be in lauf’) and dostat se do laufu (‘to get into lauf’).

Keywords

CS

etymologie; lauf; lexikografie; slang; význam; významová změna

EN

etymology; lauf; lexicography; meaning; semantic change; slang

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Institute of the Czech Language, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Naše řeč (Our Speech)
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 103
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 385-389
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Anna Černá

• Naše řeč, redakce, Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, v.v.i., Letenská 4, 118 51 Praha 1, Czech Republic