See also: Liga, ligá, ligą, and Līga

Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

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liga f

  1. league (organization of sports teams)

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Further reading edit

  • liga in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • liga in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Fijian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Central-Pacific *liŋa, variant of *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Noun edit

liga

  1. hand

Galician edit

Verb edit

liga

  1. inflection of ligar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From Medieval Latin liga.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈliɡɒ]
  • Hyphenation: li‧ga
  • Rhymes: -ɡɒ

Noun edit

liga (plural ligák)

  1. league

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative liga ligák
accusative ligát ligákat
dative ligának ligáknak
instrumental ligával ligákkal
causal-final ligáért ligákért
translative ligává ligákká
terminative ligáig ligákig
essive-formal ligaként ligákként
essive-modal
inessive ligában ligákban
superessive ligán ligákon
adessive ligánál ligáknál
illative ligába ligákba
sublative ligára ligákra
allative ligához ligákhoz
elative ligából ligákból
delative ligáról ligákról
ablative ligától ligáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
ligáé ligáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
ligáéi ligákéi
Possessive forms of liga
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ligám ligáim
2nd person sing. ligád ligáid
3rd person sing. ligája ligái
1st person plural ligánk ligáink
2nd person plural ligátok ligáitok
3rd person plural ligájuk ligáik

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading edit

  • liga in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch liga, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin ligō (I tie).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈliɡa]
  • Hyphenation: li‧ga

Noun edit

liga (plural liga-liga, first-person possessive ligaku, second-person possessive ligamu, third-person possessive liganya)

  1. league
    Synonyms: perserikatan, persekutuan

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Karelian edit

Regional variants of liga
North Karelian
(Viena)
lika
South Karelian
(Tver)
liga

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *lika. Cognates include Finnish lika and Estonian liga.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʲiɡɑ/
  • Hyphenation: li‧ga

Noun edit

liga (genitive ligan, partitive ligua)

  1. (South Karelian) muck, dirt

Declension edit

Tver Karelian declension of liga (type 4/kala no gradation)
singular plural
nominative liga ligat
genitive ligan ligoin
partitive ligua ligoida
illative ligah ligoih
inessive ligašša ligoissa
elative ligašta ligoista
adessive ligalla ligoilla
ablative ligalda ligoilda
translative ligakši ligoiksi
essive ligana ligoina
comitative liganke ligoinke
abessive ligatta ligoitta
Possessive forms of liga
1st person ligani
2nd person ligaš
3rd person ligah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References edit

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “liga”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ligā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of ligō

References edit

  • liga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • liga in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Latvian edit

Etymology edit

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Noun edit

liga f (4th declension)

  1. disease

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Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun edit

ligà f (plural ligos) stress pattern 4

  1. illness

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Phuthi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́nga (search for, watch for, desire).

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-líga

  1. to try, to tempt

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Polish edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.ɡa/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Syllabification: li‧ga

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

liga f

  1. league (a group or association of cooperating members)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
adjective

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

liga

  1. third-person singular present of ligać

Further reading edit

  • liga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • liga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese edit

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Etymology 1 edit

From ligar (to unite; to bind), from Latin ligāre (to bind), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (to bind).

Noun edit

liga f (plural ligas)

  1. alloy (metal combined of more elements)
    Hyponyms: aço, amálgama, bronze, ferro fundido, latão
  2. league; group; association
    Synonyms: aliança, associação, coligação, confederação, facção, grupo, pacto, partido, união
  3. league (organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship)
    Synonym: confederação
  4. (uncountable) connection (act of connecting)
    Synonyms: conexão, ligação, ligamento
    Antonyms: desconexão, desligamento
  5. garter (band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking)
    Synonym: jarreteira
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Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

liga

  1. inflection of ligar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish, Italian lega.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /lǐːɡa/
  • Hyphenation: li‧ga

Noun edit

líga f (Cyrillic spelling ли́га)

  1. league (politics, sports, general)

Declension edit

References edit

  • liga” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

líga f

  1. league (organization of sports teams)

Inflection edit

 
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. líga
gen. sing. líge
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
líga lígi líge
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
líge líg líg
dative
(dajȃlnik)
lígi lígama lígam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
lígo lígi líge
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
lígi lígah lígah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
lígo lígama lígami

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈliɡa/ [ˈli.ɣ̞a]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Syllabification: li‧ga

Etymology 1 edit

Deverbal from ligar.

Noun edit

liga f (plural ligas)

  1. (politics, general) league
  2. band; suspender (UK), garter (US)
  3. (metallurgy) alloy, mixture
  4. mistletoe
    Synonym: muérdago
  5. (Mexico) hair tie, ponytail holder, ponytailer, hair elastic, bobble, hair boble
    Synonyms: (Spain) goma, (Argentina, Colombia) colita, (Chile) colet, colero
  6. elastic band
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

liga

  1. inflection of ligar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading edit

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From French ligue, from Latin ligāre (to bind), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ-.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

liga c

  1. a gang
  2. (sports) a league

Declension edit

Declension of liga 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative liga ligan ligor ligorna
Genitive ligas ligans ligors ligornas

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References edit

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish liga.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈliɡa/, [ˈli.ɣɐ]
  • Hyphenation: li‧ga

Noun edit

liga (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄ)

  1. league; alliance; union
    Synonyms: unyon, kaisahan
  2. association
    Synonyms: samahan, kapisanan, asosasyon
  3. seasonal athletics competition
    Synonym: paligsahan