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larc

larc

Friulian

Alternative forms

Adjective

larc (feminine largje)

  1. wide, broad
  2. large

Noun

larc m (plural larcs)

  1. width; breadth

Old French

Adjective

larc m (oblique and nominative feminine singular larc)

  1. Alternative form of large (wide)
    • circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Renart
      Enmi la sale grant et larc
      In the large, wide room

Usage notes

  • The Roman de Renart citation above is the only known attestation of larc[1]

References

  1. (fr)(de) largus in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Walther von Wartburg, 2002). Last paragraph of the first column. No other Old French attestations under largus are for larc.
  • E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-09838-6, page 32

Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin largus.

Adjective

larc

  1. generous
  2. large; big
  3. wide (when used to differentiate between height, width and length)

References