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ly (plural lys)

  1. (astronomy) Abbreviation of light year.

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Etymology edit

From Dutch lijden, from Middle Dutch liden, from Old Dutch līthan, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną.

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ly (present ly, present participle lydende or lyende, past participle gely)

  1. to suffer

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ly n (singular definite lyet, plural indefinite ly)

  1. shelter

Hungarian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈj]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈɛlːipsilon], [ˈɛjː]

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ly (lower case, upper case Ly)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ellipszilon and written in the Latin script.

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ly ly-ok
accusative ly-t ly-okat
dative ly-nak ly-oknak
instrumental ly-nal ly-okkal
causal-final ly-ért ly-okért
translative ly-ná ly-okká
terminative ly-ig ly-okig
essive-formal ly-ként ly-okként
essive-modal
inessive ly-ban ly-okban
superessive ly-on ly-okon
adessive ly-nál ly-oknál
illative ly-ba ly-okba
sublative ly-ra ly-okra
allative ly-hoz ly-okhoz
elative ly-ból ly-okból
delative ly-ról ly-okról
ablative ly-tól ly-októl
non-attributive
possessive - singular
ly-é ly-oké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
ly-éi ly-okéi
Possessive forms of ly
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ly-om ly-jaim
2nd person sing. ly-od ly-jaid
3rd person sing. ly-ja ly-jai
1st person plural ly-unk ly-jaink
2nd person plural ly-otok ly-jaitok
3rd person plural ly-juk ly-jaik

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Further reading edit

  • ly 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

Latin edit

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Etymology edit

Ultimately from Latin ille, probably reborrowed from a vernacular Romance language.

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ly (definite) (Medieval Latin)

  1. the (only in very specific circumstances)
    • 13th c., Thomas Aquinas, Scriptum super Sententiis
      Quia ly "se" potest esse ablativi casus...
      Since the "se" can be in the ablative case...

Usage notes edit

  • In nearly all circumstances, Latin does not use articles. "Ly" is not used to indicate the definiteness of a noun, but rather to indicate that the following word is being mentioned rather than used. As such, "ly <word>" can be accurately translated as "the word <word>" in most cases. "Ly" is only found in medieval and later Latin.

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ly n (definite singular lyet, indefinite plural ly, definite plural lya or lyene)

  1. shelter

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Etymology edit

From Old Norse hlýr (lukewarm), from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz. The noun is from Old Norse hlý (warmth).

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ly n (definite singular lyet, indefinite plural ly, definite plural lya)

  1. shelter

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ly (masculine and feminine ly, neuter lytt, definite singular and plural lye, comparative lyare, indefinite superlative lyast, definite superlative lyaste)

  1. lukewarm
  2. mild

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ly

  1. imperative of lya

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ly

  1. Alternative spelling of li