lys
English edit
Noun edit
lys
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
A variant of lis.
Verb edit
lys (aorist lysa, participle lysur)
- to pour
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse ljóss, from Proto-Germanic *leuhsaz.
Adjective edit
lys
Inflection edit
Inflection of lys | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | lys | lysere | lysest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | lyst | lysere | lysest2 |
Plural | lyse | lysere | lysest2 |
Definite attributive1 | lyse | lysere | lyseste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse ljós, from Proto-Germanic *leuhsą.
Noun edit
lys n (singular definite lyset, plural indefinite lys)
Inflection edit
See also edit
- lys on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
lys
- imperative of lyse
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lys m (plural lys)
- Alternative spelling of lis (flower)
Further reading edit
- “lys”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Noun edit
lys
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Danish lys, from Old Norse ljóss, from Proto-Germanic *leuhsaz.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lys (neuter singular lyst, definite singular and plural lyse, comparative lysere, indefinite superlative lysest, definite superlative lyseste)
Adverb edit
lys
- light (in colour)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Danish lys, from Old Danish liūs, from Old Norse ljós, Proto-Germanic *leuhsą.
Noun edit
lys n (definite singular lyset, indefinite plural lys, definite plural lysa or lysene)
- (uncountable) light
- se dagens lys ― see the light of day (be born, begin to exist)
- (countable) a light
- levende lys, stearinlys ― a candle
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
lys
- imperative of lyse
References edit
- “lys” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Danish lys, perhaps via Norwegian Bokmål lys, from Old Danish liūs, from Old Norse ljós, Proto-Germanic *leuhsą.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lys n (definite singular lyset, indefinite plural lys, definite plural lysa)
- Alternative form of ljos
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Danish lys, perhaps via Norwegian Bokmål lys, from Old Danish [Term?], from Old Norse ljóss, Proto-Germanic *leuhsaz.
Adjective edit
lys (neuter lyst, definite singular and plural lyse, comparative lysare, indefinite superlative lysast, definite superlative lysaste)
- Alternative form of ljos
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
lys
- imperative of lysa
References edit
- “lys” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -yːs
Verb edit
lys
- imperative of lysa
Anagrams edit
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /lɨːs/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /liːs/
Noun edit
lys
- Soft mutation of llys.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
llys | lys | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |