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lig

See also: lig. and -lig

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English liggen, from Old English licgan (“to lie, be situated, be at rest, remain”) and Old Norse liggja (“to lie”). More at lie.

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lig (third-person singular simple present ligs, present participle ligging, simple past ligged or lag or lay, past participle ligged or laggen or lain)

  1. (intransitive, UK dialectal, obsolete) To lie; be in a prostrate or recumbent position.
  2. (transitive, UK dialectal, obsolete) To lay.

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lig (plural ligs)

  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A lie; an untruth.
    • 1867, James Torrington Spencer Lidstone, The Fourteenth Londoniad, page 85:
      And the Muse of Arts that never told a lig, / Whirls in her mid-air flight to sing of Twigg; […]

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  • (untruth): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

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Afrikaans

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch licht, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz.

Adjective

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lig (attributive ligte, comparative ligter, superlative ligste)

  1. (of weight) light; not heavy
    Die tas is lig.
    The suitcase is light.
  2. (figurative) slight; mild
    Daar het 'n ligte wind gewaai.
    A slight wind was blowing.

Etymology 2

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From Dutch lichten, derived from etymology 1.

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lig (present lig, present participle ligtende, past participle gelig)

  1. (transitive) to lift, to raise
  2. (transitive) to weigh (the anchor)

Etymology 3

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From Dutch licht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą (noun) and *leuhtaz (adjective).

Noun

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lig (plural ligte)

  1. light
    Blou lig het die kortste golflengte van die primêre kleure.
    Blue light has the shortest wavelength among primary colours.

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lig (attributive ligte, comparative ligter, superlative ligste)

  1. (of color or complexion) light; pale; not dark
    Hy dra 'n ligblou hemp.
    He wears a light blue shirt.

Etymology 4

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From Dutch lichten, from Proto-Germanic *liuhtijaną, derived from etymology 3.

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lig (present lig, present participle ligtende, past participle gelig)

  1. to shine; to be or become light
    Supernova's is geweldig ligtende uitbarstings van massiewe sterre.
    Supernovas are immensely shining explosions of massive stars.

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *liga, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ligos (“indigent, needy, ill”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ὀλίγος (olígos, “small, little”), Lithuanian ligà (“illness”), Old Irish líach (“wretched”).

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i lig (feminine e ligë, masculine plural të lig, feminine plural të liga)

  1. evil, wicked
  2. bad, nasty
  3. ill, sick
  4. weak, cowardly
  5. (dialectal) pregnant, with child

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lig f

  1. genitive plural of liga

Danish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse líkr, glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz, cognate with English alike, like, German gleich, Dutch gelijk. A compound of *ga- (“co-”) +‎ *-līkaz (“-like”).

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lig (neuter ligt or lig, plural and definite singular attributive lig)

  1. equal to
  2. like, similar to

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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse lík (“body”), from Proto-Germanic *līką, cognate with English lich, German Leiche, Dutch lijk.

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Noun

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lig n (singular definite liget, plural indefinite lig)

  1. body, corpse
  2. crock (an old or broken-down vehicle)
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Declension of lig
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lig liget lig ligene
genitive ligs ligets ligs ligenes
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Etymology 3

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From Old Norse lík (“leech”), borrowed from Middle Low German līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką (“bolt-rope”), cognate with Dutch lijk and English leech. The noun belongs to the Proto-Indo-European root *leyǵ- (“to bind”), compare Latin ligō (“to tie”).

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lig n (singular definite liget, plural indefinite lig)

  1. (nautical) leech
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Declension of lig
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lig liget lig ligene
genitive ligs ligets ligs ligenes

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Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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lig

  1. imperative of ligge

Dutch

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lig

  1. inflection of liggen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

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Irish

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Etymology

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From earlier léig, from Old Irish léicid, from Proto-Celtic *linkʷīti, from Proto-Indo-European *linékʷti, nasal-infix present of *leykʷ- (“to leave”). Cognate with Sanskrit रिणक्ति (riṇákti), Latin linquō, Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽 (leiƕan), Lithuanian lìkti.

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lig (present analytic ligeann, future analytic ligfidh, verbal noun ligean, past participle ligthe)

  1. to let, allow

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conjugation of lig (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present ligim ligeann tú;
ligir† 		ligeann sé, sí ligimid ligeann sibh ligeann siad;
ligid† 		a ligeann; a ligeas ligtear
past lig mé; ligeas lig tú; ligis lig sé, sí ligeamar; lig muid lig sibh; ligeabhair lig siad; ligeadar a lig /
ar lig* 		ligeadh
past habitual liginn ligteá ligeadh sé, sí ligimis; ligeadh muid ligeadh sibh ligidís; ligeadh siad a ligeadh /
a ligeadh* 		ligtí
future ligfidh mé;
ligfead 		ligfidh tú;
ligfir† 		ligfidh sé, sí ligfimid;
ligfidh muid 		ligfidh sibh ligfidh siad;
ligfid† 		a ligfidh; a ligfeas ligfear
conditional ligfinn ligfeá ligfeadh sé, sí ligfimis; ligfeadh muid ligfeadh sibh ligfidís; ligfeadh siad a ligfeadh /
a ligfeadh* 		ligfí
subjunctive present go lige mé;
go ligead† 		go lige tú;
go ligir† 		go lige sé, sí go ligimid;
go lige muid 		go lige sibh go lige siad;
go ligid† 		— go ligtear
past dá liginn dá ligteá dá ligeadh sé, sí dá ligimis;
dá ligeadh muid 		dá ligeadh sibh dá ligidís;
dá ligeadh siad 		— dá ligtí
imperative ligim lig ligeadh sé, sí ligimis ligigí;
ligidh† 		ligidís — ligtear
verbal noun ligean
past participle ligthe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Derived from lýgus (“flat, even, equal”); the shortening of the long *ī sound (the y in lýgus) is perhaps due to influence from the synonymous ikì. Cognate with Latvian lidz (“like; till; as soon as, until”).[1]

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Preposition

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lìg

  1. (with genitive) to, till, until

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lig”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 285

Maguindanao

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *liqeʀ.

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lig

  1. (anatomy) neck

Maranao

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lig

  1. (anatomy) neck

Old English

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From Proto-West Germanic *laugi, from Proto-Germanic *laugiz (“fire, flame, lightning”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light; white; to shine”). Cognate with Old High German loug, Old Norse lǫygr, log, loga (“flame, low”). More at low.

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līġ m (nominative plural līgas)

  1. fire; flame
    līġbǣre ― flaming
    līġcwalu ― fiery torment
    līġdraca ― fiery dragon
    līġræscetung ― lightning
    līġȳþ ― wave of fire

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Declension of lig (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative līġ līġas
accusative līġ līġas
genitive līġes līġa
dative līġe līġum

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  • Middle English: lye, lei, lyȝ

Polish

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lig f

  1. genitive plural of liga

Turkish

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Etymology

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From French ligue.

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lig (definite accusative ligi, plural ligler)

  1. league (organization of sports teams)

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Inflection
Nominative lig
Definite accusative ligi
Singular Plural
Nominative lig ligler
Definite accusative ligi ligleri
Dative lige liglere
Locative ligde liglerde
Ablative ligden liglerden
Genitive ligin liglerin

Volapük

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lig

  1. liquor

Yogad

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lig

  1. (anatomy) neck
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