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lig

See also: lig. and -lig

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lig

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ligbi.

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English liggen, from Old English liċġan (“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 lag or lay or laggen or lain)

  1. (intransitive, Yorkshire, Cumbria, Teesdale) To lie; be in a prostrate or recumbent position.
  2. (transitive, Yorkshire, Cumbria, Teesdale) To lay.
  3. (intransitive, slang) To be a ligger or hanger-on; to freeload.
    • 1991, Blues & Soul, numbers 589-601, page 32:
      […] but within the confines of the music business it means the pinnacle of a career dedicated to ligging […]
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Etymology 2

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Probably from Middle English *ligge, from Old Norse lygi (“a lie”), from Proto-Germanic *lugį̄ (“lie, falsehood”). Cognate with Old English lyġe and lyġen.

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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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Etymology 1

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From Dutch licht, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz.

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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).

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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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Inherited from Proto-Albanian *liga, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ligos (“indigent, needy, ill”). Cognate to 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”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

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lig f

  1. genitive plural of liga

Danish

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Etymology 1

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Germanic *ga-
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *galīkaz
Old Norse líkr
Old Danish lyk
Danish lig

    Inherited from Old Danish lyk, from Old Norse líkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz, from *ga- + *-līkaz.

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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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    Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
    Proto-Germanic *līką
    Old Norse lík
    Old Danish līk
    Danish lig

      Inherited from Old Danish līk, from Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

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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

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      lig

      1. inflection of liggen:
        1. first-person singular present indicative
        2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
        3. imperative

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      Irish

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      From earlier léig, from Old Irish léicid,[2] 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 li̇̀kti.

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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)
      indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
      first second third first second third
      present ligim ligeann tú;
      ligir†       		ligeann sé, sí ligimid; ligeann muid 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 ligeadh
      past habitual liginn ligteá ligeadh sé, sí ligimis; ligeadh muid ligeadh sibh ligidís; ligeadh siad a ligeadh ligtí
      singular plural direct relative autonomous
      first second third first second third
      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 ligfí
      subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
      first second third first second third
      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 singular plural direct relative autonomous
      first second third first second third
      — ligim lig ligeadh sé, sí ligimis ligigí;
      ligidh†       		ligidís — ligtear
      past participle ligthe
      verbal noun ligean

      † archaic or dialect form
      ‡ dependent form

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      1. ^ “lig”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
      2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “léicid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
      3. ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947), The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 426, page 117
      4. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 319, page 160
      5. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968), The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 74, page 20; reprinted 1988
      6. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958), The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 403.68, page 88
      7. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 194

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      • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “leigim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 431
      • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “lig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
      • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “lig”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
      • “lig”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

      Lithuanian

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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 iki̇̀. Cognate with Latvian lidz (“like; till; as soon as, until”).[1]

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      li̇̀g

      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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      From Proto-Austronesian *liqeʀ.

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      lig

      1. (anatomy) neck

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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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      Strong a-stem:

      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

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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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      Declension of lig
      singular plural
      nominative lig ligler
      definite accusative ligi ligleri
      dative lige liglere
      locative ligde liglerde
      ablative ligden liglerden
      genitive ligin liglerin

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      lig

      1. liquor

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      lig

      1. (anatomy) neck
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