ליגן

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle High German ligen, from Old High German liggen, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti.

Verb[edit]

ליגן (lign) (past participle געלעגן (gelegn))

  1. to lie (to be in a horizontal position)
  2. to lie, to be located, to be (somewhere)
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle High German lügene, from Old High German lugina, from Proto-West Germanic *luginu, from the root of *leugan.

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Noun[edit]

ליגן (lignm, plural ליגנס (ligns)

  1. lie (a falsehood)
    Synonyms: שקר (sheker), כּזבֿ (kozev)