Law

Simp Lang Law in Simp Sawnd Lets

=Wiktionary Law=

//See also// **[|Appendix:ISO 639-3 language codes]**

Contents
[|1] [|English]
 * [|1.1] [|Pronunciation]
 * [|1.2] [|Etymology 1]
 * [|1.2.1] [|Noun]

English
[|Wikipedia] has an article on:**[|Law]**

Pronunciation
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 * ( [|UK] ) [|enPR]: lô, [|IPA]: /lɔː/ , [|X-SAMPA]: /lO:/
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 * Rhymes: [|-ɔː]
 * ( [|US] ) [|enPR]: lô, [|IPA]: /lɔ/ , [|X-SAMPA]: /lO/
 * ( [|cot–caught merger] ) [|enPR]: lä, [|IPA]: /lɑ/ , [|X-SAMPA]: /lA/
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 * Homophone: [|lore] ( in some [|non-rhotic] accents )
 * Homophone: [|lore] ( in some [|non-rhotic] accents )

[|TheFreeDictionary] [|**L**ah] [lɑː] //n//(Music, other) //Music// (in tonic sol-fa) the sixth note of any major scale; submediant[see gamut]

[|Law Etymology 1]
From Middle English [|lawe], //[|laȝe]//, from Old English //[|lagu]// ( “ law ” ) , from Old Norse * lagu , an early plural form of [|lag] , //[|lǫg]// ( “ layer, stratum, a laying in order, measure, stroke, law ” , literally “ something laid down or fixed ” ) , from Proto-Germanic [|*lagą] ( “ that which is laid down ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European [|*legh-] ( “ to lie ” ). Cognate with Icelandic [|lög] ( “ things laid down, law ” ), Swedish [|lag] ( “ law ” ) , Danish [|lov] ( “ law ” ). Replaced Old English //[|ǣ]// and //[|gesetnes]//. More at [|lay].
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Etymology
From [|lah], from a Sinitic language, compare Mandarin [|啦] ( la ).

Pronunciation

 * [|IPA]: /lah/
 * Rhymes: [|-lah], [|-ah]

Suffix
Used to indicate [|command],[|imperative],[|reassurance],[|emphasis] and assertion  []
 * -lah**
 * 1) Used to make polite request or to allow something  []

==== [|Noun] [|**Law**] (//[|countable] and [|uncountable];// //plural// ** [|laws] ** ) ====
 * 1) ( [|uncountable] ) The body of rules and [|standards] issued by a government, or to be applied by [|courts] and [|similar] authorities.//By **law**, one is not allowed to own a wallaby in New York City.//
 * 2) A particular such rule.//A new **law** forbids driving on that road.//
 * 3) ( more generally ) A [|written] or [|understood] [|rule] that [|concerns] [|behaviours] and the [|appropriate] [|consequences] [|thereof]. Laws are usually associated with [|mores].//"Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you" is a good **law** to follow.//
 * 4) ( sciences, strictly ) A well-established, [|observed] [|physical] characteristic or behavior of nature. The word is used to simply identify "what happens," without implying any explanatory mechanism or causation. Compare to [|theory].//Newton's third **law** of motion states that to every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction. This is one of several **laws** derived from his general// theory //expounded in the// Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica//.//
 * 5) ( [|mathematics] ) A [|statement] that is true under specified [|conditions].
 * 6) A [|category] of [|English] "[|common law]" [|petitions] that [|request] [|monetary] [|relief], as opposed to relief in forms other than a monetary [|judgment]; compare to "[|equity]".
 * 7) ( [|cricket] ) One of the [|official] rules of [|cricket] as [|codified] by the [|MCC].
 * 8) ( [|slang], [|uncountable] ) The [|police].//Here comes the **law** — run!//
 * 9) ( fantasy ) One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to [|chaos].

Hyponyms

 * [|sharia law]

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