lis

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Albanian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From *lintˢto, from Proto-Indo-European *lenteh₂ (compare English linden, Lithuanian lentà ‘board’).[1] Related to lëndë ‘material, substance’. Alternatively from Serbo-Croatian lȉjes ‘forest, wood(s)’, from Proto-Slavic *lě̑sŭ.[2]

Noun [edit]

lis m (indefinite plural lisa, definite singular lisi)

  1. English oak (Quercus robur)

Hypernyms [edit]

Coordinate terms [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Paul Friedrich, "Linden: *lenteh₂", in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997), 253.
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. "lis" (Leiden: Brill, 1999), 229.

Czech [edit]

Noun [edit]

lis m

  1. press, machine press

Related terms [edit]


French [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

lis m (plural lis)

  1. lily

Verb [edit]

lis

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lire
  2. second-person singular present indicative of lire

Anagrams [edit]


Haitian Creole [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From French liste (list).

Noun [edit]

lis

  1. list

Latin [edit]

Noun [edit]

līs (genitive lītis); f, third declension

  1. lawsuit, action
  2. contention, strife, quarrel

Inflection [edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative līs lītēs
genitive lītis lītum
dative lītī lītibus
accusative lītem lītēs
ablative līte lītibus
vocative līs lītēs

Lojban [edit]

Rafsi [edit]

lis

  1. rafsi of lisri.

Polish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *lisъ.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

lis m (animate)

  1. fox

Declension [edit]

Derived terms [edit]