• Czech: laický
• Dutch: leken-
• Finnish: maallikko
• German: Laien-
• Italian: profano, profana

• Dutch: leken-, wereldlijk
• Finnish: maallikko
• German: Laien-
• Italian: laico, laica
• Old English: læwed

• ttbc Hungarian: laikus

Etymology 4

See lie

Verb

lay

1. when meaning "to put oneself horizontally".

Derived terms

• layabout - a lazy person

Derived terms

• layoff

Malagasy

Etymology

Common Malayo-Polynesian, compare Indonesian layar

Noun

lay

1. sail

Lay may refer to:

• Lay person, any person who is not a member of the clergy.
• Lai, a 13th- or 14th-century northern European song.
• Kenneth Lay (1942–2006), U.S. businessman, former CEO of Enron.
• Benjamin Lay (1681-1760), English Quaker and Abolitionist.
• Lay's, a potato chip brand name and company.
• Lay, Loire, a French commune in the Loire department.
• Lay, the release of an egg of an animal.

• Sycamore, Kansas, an American community also called Lay

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