ly

See also: Ly, LY, lý, Lý, -ly, -lý, .ly, ly., and ly-

English

Noun

ly (plural lys)

1. (astronomy) Abbreviation of light-year.

Synonyms

• LY
• lightyear

Derived terms

• kly
• Mly
• Gly

Translations

Translations

• French: al (fr) f, a.l. (fr) f, AL (fr) f, A.L. (fr) f

See also

• psc
• pc

Anagrams

• -yl, YL

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lijden, from Middle Dutch liden, from Old Dutch līthan, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lə̟i̯]

Verb

ly (present ly, present participle lydende, past participle gely)

1. to suffer

Derived terms

• oorly

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈj]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈɛlːipsilon], [ˈɛjː]

Letter

ly (lower case, upper case Ly)

1. The twentieth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ellipszilon and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ly	ly-ok
accusative	ly-t	ly-okat
dative	ly-nak	ly-oknak
instrumental	ly-nal	ly-okkal
causal-final	ly-ért	ly-okért
translative	ly-ná	ly-okká
terminative	ly-ig	ly-okig
essive-formal	ly-ként	ly-okként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ly-ban	ly-okban
superessive	ly-on	ly-okon
adessive	ly-nál	ly-oknál
illative	ly-ba	ly-okba
sublative	ly-ra	ly-okra
allative	ly-hoz	ly-okhoz
elative	ly-ból	ly-okból
delative	ly-ról	ly-okról
ablative	ly-tól	ly-októl
non-attributive possessive - singular	ly-é	ly-oké
non-attributive possessive - plural	ly-éi	ly-okéi

Possessive forms of ly
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ly-om	ly-jaim
2nd person sing.	ly-od	ly-jaid
3rd person sing.	ly-ja	ly-jai
1st person plural	ly-unk	ly-jaink
2nd person plural	ly-otok	ly-jaitok
3rd person plural	ly-juk	ly-jaik

See also

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

Further reading

• ly in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• li

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin ille, probably reborrowed from a vernacular Romance language.

Article

ly (definite)

1. the (only in very specific circumstances)
   • 13th c., Thomas Aquinas, Scriptum super Sententiis

     Quia ly "se" potest esse ablativi casus... (Since the "se" can be in the ablative case...)

Usage notes

• In nearly all circumstances, Latin does not use articles. "Ly" is not used to indicate the definiteness of a noun, but rather to indicate that the following word is being mentioned rather than used. As such, "ly <word>" can be accurately translated as "the word <word>" in most cases. "Ly" is only found in medieval and later Latin.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lyː/

Noun

ly n (definite singular lyet, indefinite plural ly, definite plural lya or lyene)

1. shelter

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lyː/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology

From Old Norse hlýr (“lukewarm”), from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz. The noun is from Old Norse hlý (“warmth”).

Noun

ly n (definite singular lyet, indefinite plural ly, definite plural lya)

1. shelter

Adjective

ly (masculine and feminine ly, neuter lytt, definite singular and plural lye, comparative lyare, indefinite superlative lyast, definite superlative lyaste)

1. lukewarm
2. mild

Verb

ly

1. imperative of lya and lye

References

• “ly” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Vietnamese

Noun

ly

1. Alternative spelling of li

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Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlýr, from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lyː/, /løʏ̯ː/, [lí͡ʷː], [lǿ͡ʷɪ̯͡ʷː(j)]
  • (southernmost lects) Rhymes: -ýː, -ýːð
  • (mid-southern lects) Rhymes: -ýː
  • (northern í-ý merger) Rhymes: -ýː, -íː

Adjective

ly (neuter lytt)

1. lukewarm

   lytt vär

   warm weather

2. (of the elements) calm, quiet

Alternative forms

• löir

Derived terms

• lytt (“calm, quiet”)

Related terms

• lyj

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hlýða, from Proto-Germanic *hliuþijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²lyː/, [lì͡ʷː] (example of pronunciation)
  • (southernmost lects) Rhymes: -ỳː, -ỳːð
  • (í-ý merger) Rhymes: -ỳːð, -ìːð

Verb

ly (preterite lydd, supine lydt)

1. to hear, listen

Derived terms

• lydt (“audible, susceptible to sounds; calm, windless, so that sounds from far away can be heard.”)

Related terms

• lydn
• lydu