出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/08/16 20:53 UTC 版)
From 中期英語 flax, from 古期英語 fleax, from Proto-Germanic *flahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait”). Cognate with Old Frisian flax, Dutch vlas, Old High German flahs (German Flachs); the Northern Germanic (and most likely the Gothic too) stem is different.
flax (countable and uncountable, plural flaxes)
The plural flaxes is used to indicate multiple species or varieties of flax; otherwise, flax is uncountable.
Inherited from 古期英語 fleax, from Proto-West Germanic *flahs, from Proto-Germanic *flahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *plek-.
flax (uncountable)
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