lacey

See also: Lacey

English

Adjective

lacey (comparative lacier, superlative laciest)

  1. Alternative spelling of lacy
    • 1901, Helen Follett Stevans, The Woman Beautiful‎:
      Skirts of white muslin, with pretty frills and lacey trimmings that fall in soft folds and ruffles around one's feet, are mighty dainty things for the summer girl--but is there a colder sound than that of a starched white petticoat in the dead of winter?
    • 1914, Virginia Brooks, Little Lost Sister‎:
      She was dressed in a lacey gown, a size too large for her.
    • 2008 July 11, The New York Times, “Museum and Gallery Listings”, in New York Times‎:
      Michael Brown’s stainless-steel simulation of a cracked mirror freezes an act of anarchy into a lovely, lacey web.

Anagrams

Afar
Afar numbers (edit)
60[a], [b]
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: lacéy
    Ordinal: laceyháytu
    Fractional: laceytá

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw lahhóoʼ, Sidamo lee, Somali líx and Saho lix, Kambaata lého.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /laˈħej/, [lʌˈħɛj]
  • Hyphenation: lacey

Noun

lacéy m 

  1. six

Usage notes
  • When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
    Licá númu. ― Six people.
  • When counting, the predicative case is used.

Declension
Declension of lacéy
absolutive lacéy
predicative lacéyi, lacéeyi
subjective lacéy
genitive licá, lacá
Postpositioned forms
l-case lacéyil, lacéeyil
k-case lacéyik, lacéeyik
t-case lacéyit, lacéeyit
h-case lacéyih, lacéeyih
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