lie

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See also LIE, liē, liě, liè, and lié

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English [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English lien, liggen, from Old English licgan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Cognate with West Frisian lizze, Dutch liggen, German liegen, Danish ligge, Swedish ligga, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan); and with Latin lectus (“bed”), Irish luighe, Russian лежать, Albanian lagje (“inhabited area, neighbourhood”).

As a noun for position, the noun has the same etymology above as the verb.

Verb [edit]

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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Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from lie (verb)
Related terms [edit]
  • lay, a corresponding transitive version of this word
  • lees
  • lier
Translations [edit]
be in horizontal position
be situated

Noun [edit]

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.
Translations [edit]
golf term
position of fetus

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Middle English lien (“to lie, tell a falsehood”), from Old English lēogan (“to lie”), from Proto-Germanic *leuganą (“to lie”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to lie, swear, bemoan”). Cognate with West Frisian lige (“to lie”), Low German legen (“to lie”), lögen, Dutch liegen (“to lie”), German lügen (“to lie”), Norwegian ljuge/lyge (“to lie”), Danish lyve (“to lie”), Swedish ljuga (“to lie”), and more distantly with Bulgarian лъжа (“to lie”), Russian лгать (“to lie”).

Verb [edit]

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

  1. (intransitive) To give false information intentionally.
    When Pinocchio lies, his nose grows.
    If you are found to have lied in court, you could face a penalty.
  2. (intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.
    Photos often lie.
    Hips don't lie.
Derived terms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
tell an intentional untruth

Etymology 3 [edit]

From Middle English, from Old English lyġe (“lie, falsehood”), from Proto-Germanic *lugiz (“lie, falsehood”), from Proto-Indo-European *leugh- (“to tell lies, swear, complain”), *lewgʰ-. Cognate with Old Saxon luggi (“a lie”), Old High German lugī (German Lüge, “a lie”), Danish løgn (“a lie”), Bulgarian лъжа (“а lie”),

Noun [edit]

lie (plural lies)

  1. An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
    I knew he was telling a lie by his facial expression.
  2. A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth
  3. Anything that misleads or disappoints.
    • Trench
      Wishing this lie of life was o'er.
Synonyms [edit]
Antonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
intentionally false statement

Statistics [edit]

Anagrams [edit]

Finnish [edit]

Verb [edit]

lie

  1. (nonstandard) Third-person singular potential present form of olla.
    Se on missä lie.
    It's somewhere. / I wonder where it is.
    Tai mitä lie ovatkaan
    Or whatever they are.

Usage notes [edit]

  • This form is used mostly in the expression missä lie.

Synonyms [edit]

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

Anagrams [edit]

French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

lie f (plural lies)

  1. dregs (of wine, of society)

Verb [edit]

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

Anagrams [edit]

Mandarin [edit]

Romanization [edit]

lie (form of lie0 or lie5)

  1. See 咦

Romanization [edit]

lie

  1. Nonstandard spelling of liē.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of liě.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of liè.

Usage notes [edit]

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.

Old French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

See English lees.

Noun [edit]

lie f (oblique plural lies, nominative singular lie, nominative plural lies)

  1. dregs; mostly solid, undesirable leftovers of a drink

Descendants [edit]

Spanish [edit]

Verb [edit]

lie (infinitive liar)

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

Swedish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Old Swedish līe, lē, from Old Norse lé, from Proto-Germanic *lewą, from Proto-Indo-European *leu- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /liːɛ/

Noun [edit]

lie c

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

Declension [edit]

Declension of lie
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lie lien liar liarna
genitive lies liens liars liarnas

Related terms [edit]

References [edit]

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