lig

See also: lig. and -lig

Translingual

Symbol

lig

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ligbi terms

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪɡ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Verb

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.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     His limbes would rest, ne lig in ease embost

2. (transitive, Yorkshire, Cumbria, Teesdale) To lay.

Derived terms

• lig down
• lig on
• lig out

Related terms

• ligger

Noun

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; […]

References

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

Anagrams

• GIL, Gil, IGL@, Ilg, LGI, gli-

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləχ/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Dutch licht, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz.

Adjective

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

From Dutch lichten, derived from etymology 1.

Verb

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

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

Etymology 3

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

Noun

lig (plural ligte)

1. light

   Blou lig het die kortste golflengte van die primêre kleure.

   Blue light has the shortest wavelength among primary colours.

Adjective

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

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

Verb

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.

See also

• liggende

Albanian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *liga, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ligos (“indigent, needy, ill”). Cognate to Lithuanian ligà (“illness”), Old Irish líach (“wretched”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

Further reading

• “lig”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪk]

Noun

lig f

1. genitive plural of liga

Danish

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliˀ]

• Audio:

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Adjective

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

1. equal to
2. like, similar to

References

• “lig,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

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-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliˀ]

Noun

lig n (singular definite liget, plural indefinite lig)

1. body, corpse
2. crock (an old or broken-down vehicle)

Inflection

Declension of lig

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lig	liget	lig	ligene
genitive	ligs	ligets	ligs	ligenes

Synonyms

• kadaver

References

• “lig,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliˀ]

Noun

lig n (singular definite liget, plural indefinite lig)

1. (nautical) leech

Inflection

Declension of lig

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lig	liget	lig	ligene
genitive	ligs	ligets	ligs	ligenes

References

• “Lig,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈleɡ̊], (proscribed) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛɡ̊]

Verb

lig

1. imperative of ligge

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪx
• IPA^(key): /lɪx/

Verb

lig

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

Anagrams

• gil