lie

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Related terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Related terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Derived terms 1.4.1.2 Translations 2 Finnish 2.1 Verb 2.1.1 Usage notes 2.1.2 Synonyms 2.2 Anagrams 3 French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.3 Verb 4 Mandarin 4.1 Pinyin 4.2 Pinyin syllable 4.2.1 Usage notes 5 Spanish 5.1 Verb 6 Swedish 6.1 Noun

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /laɪ̯/, SAMPA: /laI_^/
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• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: lye, lai

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English licgan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjan-, from Proto-Indo-European *legh-. Cognate with Danish ligge, Dutch liggen, German liegen, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan), Swedish ligga; and with Latin lectus (“‘bed’”), Irish luighe, Russian лежать.

The noun lie (“‘position’”) in golf and medicine is from verb.

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to lie (third-person singular simple present lies, present participle lying, simple past lay, past participle lain)

1. (intransitive) To be in a horizontal position.
2. (intransitive) To be placed or situated.

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• lees
• lier

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lie (plural lies)

1. (golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
2. (medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.

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Old English lēoġa, from Germanic.

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to lie (third-person singular simple present lies, present participle lying, simple past and past participle lied)

1. (intransitive) To give false information intentionally.
2. (intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.

   Photos often lie.

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• liar

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Old English lyġe

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lie (plural lies)

1. An intentionally false statement; a falsehood.
2. A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth

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• lie detector

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lie

1. (nonstandard) Third-person singular potential present form of olla.

   Se on missä lie.

   It's somewhere. / I wonder where it is.

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• This form is used mostly in the expression above.

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• (3rd-pers. sg. potent. pres. of olla; standard) lienee

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• eli
• lei

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[edit] Etymology

From Gaulish liga (“‘silt, sediment’”), from Proto-Indo-European *legh- (“‘to lie, to lay’”).

[edit] Noun

lie

1. dregs (of wine, of society)

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lie

1. First-person singular indicative present of lier.
2. First-person singular subjunctive present of lier.
3. Third-person singular indicative present of lier.
4. Third-person singular subjunctive present of lier.
5. Second-person singular imperative present of lier.

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lie (form of lie0 or lie5)

1. 咦: expression of surprise

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lie

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, liē, liě, or liè.

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English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] Spanish

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lie (infinitive: liar)

1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of liar.

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lie c.

Inflection for lie	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	lie	lien	liar	liarna
Possessive form	lies	liens	liars	liarnas

1. scythe; an instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like.