liga

See also: Liga, ligá, ligà, ligą, ligă, lìgà, līga, līgā, Līga, Līgā, LIGA, łiga, and łigà

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪɡa]

Noun

liga f

1. league (organization of sports teams)

Declension

Declension of liga (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	liga	ligy
genitive	ligy	lig
dative	lize	ligám
accusative	ligu	ligy
vocative	ligo	ligy
locative	lize	ligách
instrumental	ligou	ligami

Further reading

• “liga”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “liga”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “liga”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *liŋa, variant of *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Noun

liga

1. (anatomy) hand

Galician

Verb

liga

1. inflection of ligar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Hungarian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin liga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliɡɒ]
• Hyphenation: li‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɡɒ

Noun

liga (plural ligák)

1. league

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	liga	ligák
accusative	ligát	ligákat
dative	ligának	ligáknak
instrumental	ligával	ligákkal
causal-final	ligáért	ligákért
translative	ligává	ligákká
terminative	ligáig	ligákig
essive-formal	ligaként	ligákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ligában	ligákban
superessive	ligán	ligákon
adessive	ligánál	ligáknál
illative	ligába	ligákba
sublative	ligára	ligákra
allative	ligához	ligákhoz
elative	ligából	ligákból
delative	ligáról	ligákról
ablative	ligától	ligáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	ligáé	ligáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	ligáéi	ligákéi

Possessive forms of liga

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ligám	ligáim
2nd person sing.	ligád	ligáid
3rd person sing.	ligája	ligái
1st person plural	ligánk	ligáink
2nd person plural	ligátok	ligáitok
3rd person plural	ligájuk	ligáik

Derived terms

• ligás

Further reading

• liga in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch liga, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin ligō (“I tie”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈliɡa/ [ˈli.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: li‧ga

Noun

liga (plural liga-liga)

1. league

   Synonyms: perserikatan, persekutuan

Further reading

• “liga”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
• P. Wayong; Djenen; Tuti (1984), Daftar Istilah Pengetahuan Sosial [Social Sciences Glossary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, page 68

Anagrams

• gali
• gila
• lagi

Karelian

Regional variants of liga

North Karelian (Viena)	lika
South Karelian (Tver)	liga

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lika. Cognates include Finnish lika and Estonian liga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʲiɡɑ/
• Hyphenation: li‧ga

Noun

liga (genitive ligan, partitive ligua)

1. (South Karelian) muck, dirt

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of liga (type 4/kala no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	liga	ligat
genitive	ligan	ligoin
partitive	ligua	ligoida
illative	ligah	ligoih
inessive	ligašša	ligoissa
elative	ligašta	ligoista
adessive	ligalla	ligoilla
ablative	ligalda	ligoilda
translative	ligakši	ligoiksi
essive	ligana	ligoina
comitative	liganke	ligoinke
abessive	ligatta	ligoitta
prolative	ligačči	ligoičči
instructive	—	ligoin

Possessive forms of liga
1st person	ligani
2nd person	ligaš
3rd person	ligah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994), “liga”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈlɪ.ɡaː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈliː.ɡa]

Verb

ligā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ligō

References

• "liga", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• liga in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Latvian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“illness”).

Noun

liga f (4th declension)

1. disease

Declension

Declension of liga (4th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	liga	ligas
genitive	ligas	ligu
dative	ligai	ligām
accusative	ligu	ligas
instrumental	ligu	ligām
locative	ligā	ligās
vocative	liga	ligas

See also

• slimība f

Lithuanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“illness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʲɪˈɡɐ/

Noun

ligà f (plural li̇̀gos) stress pattern 4

1. illness

Declension

Declension of ligà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	ligà	li̇̀gos
genitive (kilmininkas)	ligõs	ligų̃
dative (naudininkas)	li̇̀gai	ligóms
accusative (galininkas)	li̇̀gą	ligàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	ligà	ligomi̇̀s
locative (vietininkas)	ligojè	ligosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	li̇̀ga	li̇̀gos

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian liga, from Dutch liga, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin ligō (“I tie”).

Pronunciation

• (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈliɡa/ [ˈli.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -ɡa, -a
• Hyphenation: li‧ga

Noun

liga (Jawi spelling ليݢا, plural liga-liga or liga²)

1. League:
   1. A group or association of cooperating members.

      Liga Arab ― Arab League

   2. (sports) An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.

      Liga Perdana ― Premier League

Further reading

• “liga”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliː.jɑ/

Noun

līġa

1. genitive plural of līġ

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́nga (“search for, watch for, desire”).

Verb

-líga

1. to try, to tempt

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ɡa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: li‧ga

Etymology 1

Internationalism; compare English league, French ligue, German Liga, ultimately from Latin ligō.

Noun

liga f (related adjective ligowy)

1. (sports) league (organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship)
2. (sports) league (sports competition system in which each player or team plays against all the others and the winner is decided by the sum of the points scored)
3. (politics) league (group or association of cooperating members; especially: a social or international organization)

   Synonyms: koalicja, przymierze, sojusz

Declension

Declension of liga

	singular	plural
nominative	liga	ligi
genitive	ligi	lig
dative	lidze	ligom
accusative	ligę	ligi
instrumental	ligą	ligami
locative	lidze	ligach
vocative	ligo	ligi

Derived terms

nouns

• pierwsza liga

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

liga

1. third-person singular present of ligać

Further reading

• liga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• liga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• liga in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ɡɐ/ [ˈli.ɣɐ]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: li‧ga

Etymology 1

From ligar (“to unite; to bind”), from Latin ligāre (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).

Noun

liga f (plural ligas)

1. alloy (metal combined of more elements)

   Hyponyms: aço, amálgama, bronze, ferro fundido, latão

2. league; group; association

   Synonyms: aliança, associação, coligação, confederação, facção, grupo, pacto, partido, união

3. league (organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship)

   Synonym: confederação

4. (uncountable) connection (act of connecting)

   Synonyms: conexão, ligação, ligamento

   Antonyms: desconexão, desligamento

5. garter (band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking)

   Synonym: jarreteira

Related terms

• desligar
• ligação
• ligado
• ligame
• ligamento
• ligamentoso
• ligar
• ligatura

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

liga

1. inflection of ligar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Spanish, Italian lega.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǐːɡa/
• Hyphenation: li‧ga

Noun

líga f (Cyrillic spelling ли́га)

1. league (politics, sports, general)

   Liga prvaka / šampiona ― Champions League

Declension

Declension of liga

	singular	plural
nominative	liga	lige
genitive	lige	liga
dative	ligi	ligama
accusative	ligu	lige
vocative	ligo	lige
locative	ligi	ligama
instrumental	ligom	ligama

Further reading

• “liga”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lìːɡa/

Noun

líga f

1. league (organization of sports teams)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	líga
gen. sing.	líge
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	líga	lígi	líge
genitive (rodȋlnik)	líge	líg	líg
dative (dajȃlnik)	lígi	lígama	lígam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	lígo	lígi	líge
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	lígi	lígah	lígah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	lígo	lígama	lígami

Further reading

• “liga”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “liga”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliɡa/ [ˈli.ɣ̞a]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: li‧ga

Etymology 1

Deverbal from ligar.

Noun

liga f (plural ligas)

1. (politics, general) league
   • 2019 January 21, Pablo Vande Rusten, “Diez razones para practicar fútbol americano (¡en España!)”, in El País‎^[2], archived from the original on 23 September 2025:

     “A principios de los 90 los clubes creamos una liga nacional, la SFL (Spanish Football League), que no funcionó”, relata el presidente del equipo, Enrique Martín. […] De las 24 ligas disputadas hasta la fecha, ha ganado nueve.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. band; suspender (UK), garter (US)

   Synonyms: tirante, jarretera

3. (metallurgy) alloy, mixture

   Synonym: aleación

4. elastic band

   Synonym: elástico

5. mistletoe

   Synonym: muérdago

6. (Mexico) hair tie, ponytail holder, ponytailer, hair elastic, bobble, hair boble

   Synonyms: (Spain) goma, (Argentina, Colombia) colita, (Chile) colet, colero

Derived terms

• Liga de Campeones
• liguilla

Descendants

• → German: Liga (as well as from Italian) (see there for further descendants)
• → Tagalog: liga

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

liga

1. inflection of ligar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “liga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swahili

Noun

liga class V (plural maliga class VI)

1. poison

Verb

-liga (infinitive kuliga)

1. to poison

Conjugation

Conjugation of -liga
Positive present -naliga Subjunctive -lige Negative -ligi Imperative singular liga
Infinitives
Positive kuliga Negative kutoliga
Imperatives
Singular liga Plural ligeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huliga Positive past positive subject concord + -liliga Negative past negative subject concord + -kuliga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naliga) Singular Plural 1st person ninaliga/naliga tunaliga 2nd person unaliga mnaliga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) analiga wanaliga other classes positive subject concord + -naliga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ligi) Singular Plural 1st person siligi hatuligi 2nd person huligi hamligi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haligi hawaligi other classes negative subject concord + -ligi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taliga Negative future negative subject concord + -taliga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lige) Singular Plural 1st person nilige tulige 2nd person ulige mlige 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alige walige other classes positive subject concord + -lige
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silige Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeliga Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeliga Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliliga Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliliga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aliga) Singular Plural 1st person naliga twaliga 2nd person waliga mwaliga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aliga waliga m-mi(III/IV) waliga yaliga ji-ma(V/VI) laliga yaliga ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaliga vyaliga n(IX/X) yaliga zaliga u(XI) waliga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaliga pa(XVI) paliga mu(XVIII) mwaliga
Perfect positive subject concord + -meliga "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaliga "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaliga "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiliga "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoliga Consecutive kaliga / positive subject concord + -kaliga Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalige
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niliga -tuliga 2nd person -kuliga -waliga/-kuligeni/-waligeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mliga -waliga m-mi(III/IV) -uliga -iliga ji-ma(V/VI) -liliga -yaliga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiliga -viliga n(IX/X) -iliga -ziliga u(XI) -uliga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuliga pa(XVI) -paliga mu(XVIII) -muliga Reflexive -jiliga
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -liga- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -ligaye -ligao m-mi(III/IV) -ligao -ligayo ji-ma(V/VI) -ligalo -ligayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ligacho -ligavyo n(IX/X) -ligayo -ligazo u(XI) -ligao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -ligako pa(XVI) -ligapo mu(XVIII) -ligamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -liga) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeliga -oliga m-mi(III/IV) -oliga -yoliga ji-ma(V/VI) -loliga -yoliga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choliga -vyoliga n(IX/X) -yoliga -zoliga u(XI) -oliga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koliga pa(XVI) -poliga mu(XVIII) -moliga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin ligāre (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ-.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

liga c

1. a gang
2. (sports) a league

Declension

Declension of liga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	liga	ligas
	definite	ligan	ligans
plural	indefinite	ligor	ligors
	definite	ligorna	ligornas

Related terms

• gangsterliga

References

• liga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• liga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• liga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• liga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish liga.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈliɡa/ [ˈliː.ɣɐ]
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: li‧ga

Noun

liga (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄ)

1. league; alliance; union

   Synonyms: unyon, kaisahan

2. association

   Synonyms: samahan, kapisanan, asosasyon

3. seasonal athletics competition

   Synonym: paligsahan

Anagrams

• lagi, ilag, Ilag, Gail