ly

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

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

ly (plural lys)

  1. (astronomy) Abbreviation of light-year.

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Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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Verb[edit]

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

  1. to suffer

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Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈj]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈɛlipsilon]

Letter[edit]

ly (lower case, upper case Ly)

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

Declension[edit]

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

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Article[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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.

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. shelter

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

  1. shelter

Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

ly

  1. imperative of lya and lye

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Vietnamese[edit]

Noun[edit]

ly

  1. Alternative spelling of li

Westrobothnian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /lyː/, /løʏ̯ː/, [lí͡ʷː], [lǿ͡ʷɪ̯͡ʷː(j)]

Adjective[edit]

ly (neuter lytt)

  1. lukewarm
    lytt vär
    warm weather
  2. (of the elements) calm, quiet
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Derived terms[edit]
  • lytt (“calm, quiet”)
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Etymology 2[edit]

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

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Verb[edit]

ly (preterite lydd, supine lydt)

  1. to hear, listen
Derived terms[edit]
  • lydt (“audible, susceptible to sounds; calm, windless, so that sounds from far away can be heard.”)
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