A doglying in the grass. FromMiddle English lien liggen Old English liċġan Proto-West Germanic *liggjan Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-
Cognate withWest Frisian lizze Dutch liggen German liegen Danish Norwegian Bokmål ligge Swedish ligga Icelandic Faroese Norwegian Nynorsk liggja Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 ( ligan ) ; and withLatin lectus ( “ bed ” ) ,Irish luí Russian лежа́ть ( ležátʹ ) ,Albanian lag ( “ troop, band, encampment ” ) .
As a noun forposition noun has the same etymology above as theverb .
lie (third-person singular simple present lies present participle lying simple past lay or ( colloquial ) laid past participle lain or ( colloquial ) laid or ( obsolete ) lien ( see usage notes )
( intransitive ) rest in ahorizontal position on asurface .The booklies on the table; the snowlies on the roof; helies in his coffin
1892 James Yoxall , chapter 5, inThe Lonely Pyramid The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellerslay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.
( intransitive ) placed orsituated .1988 Washing Silk: The Life and Selected Poetry ofWei Chuang (834?-910) [1] Harvard University Press ,→ISBN →LCCN →OCLC →OL page100 :Ying-yang countylies 70li southwest of the modern Teng-feng county, Honan.
1992 [ athias] Schuster,The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian , volume V, Chicago, Ill.:Field Museum of Natural History ,→ISBN Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, stilllies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders ”, inThe Economist 407 , number8839 , page52 :From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Publie a stumble away.
( intransitive , copulative ) abide ; toremain for alonger orshorter time ; to be in a certainstate orcondition .tolie waste; tolie fallow; tolie open; tolie hidden; tolie grieving; tolie under one's displeasure; tolie at the mercy of the waves
The paper does notlie smooth on the wall.
Used with in be orexist ; tobelong orpertain ; to have anabiding place; toconsist .c. 1690 Of Envy :Envylies between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances.
Used with with Used with on upon be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.( archaic ) lodge ; tosleep .1632 John Evelyn ,diary, entry 21 October 1632 :While I was now trifling at home, I saw London,[ …] lay one night only.
To bestill orquiet , like one lying down to rest.c. 1607–1608 (date written)William Shakespeare , [George Wilkins ?],The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. [ … ] [ … ] [William White andThomas Creede ] for Henry Gosson, [ … ] 1609 ,→OCLC [Act III, scene i] :The Wind islowd , and will notlie till the Ship be cleard of the dead. ( law ) sustainable ; to be capable of beingmaintained .1737 ,Cart against Marsh An appeallies in this case from the ordinary to the arches. See the usage notes oflay
lay , a corresponding transitive version of this wordlees lier be in horizontal position
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be situated
Armenian: {{t+|1=hy|2=գտնվել}} Bashkir: {{t|1=ba|2=урынлашыу|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|1=ba|2=ятыу|sc=Cyrl}} Catalan: {{t+|1=ca|2=trobar-se}} Czech: {{t+|1=cs|2=ležet|3=impf}} Danish:ligge (da) Dutch: {{t+|1=nl|2=liggen}}, {{t|1=nl|2=gelegen zijn}} Estonian:asuma asetsema paiknema Finnish: {{t+|1=fi|2=olla}}, {{t+|1=fi|2=sijaita}} French: {{t+|1=fr|2=trouver|alt=se trouver}} German: {{t+|1=de|2=liegen}} Irish: {{t|1=ga|2=luigh}} Italian: {{t+|1=it|2=trovarsi}}, {{t+|1=it|2=risiedere}}, {{t|1=it|2=essere posto }} Macedonian: {{t|1=mk|2=се простира}}, {{t|1=mk|2=се протега}} Maori: {{t|1=mi|2=tanewha}}, {{t|1=mi|2=tāeki}} Norwegian: {{t+|1=no|2=ligge}} Old English: {{t|1=ang|2=liċġan}} Polish:leżeć (pl) impf Portuguese: {{t+|1=pt|2=jazer}}, {{t+|1=pt|2=ficar}}, {{tt|pt|localizar -[[se}} Romanian: {{t|1=ro|2=a fi situat}}, {{t|1=ro|2=a se găsi}} Russian: {{t+|1=ru|2=располага́ться|3=impf}}, {{t+|1=ru|2=лежа́ть|3=impf}}, {{t+|1=ru|2=находи́ться|3=impf}} Sorbian:Lower Sorbian: {{t|1=dsb|2=lažaś}} Spanish:estar ubicado yacer (es) ,estribar (es) ,entibar (es) Swedish: {{t+|1=sv|2=ligga}} Walloon: {{t|1=wa|2=esse metou|3=m}} }}
lie (plural lies
( golf ) terrain andconditions surrounding theball before it isstruck .( disc golf ) terrain andconditions surrounding thedisc before it isthrown .( medicine ) fetus in thewomb .A manner of lying;relative position . Ananimal 'slair . FromMiddle English lien ( “ to lie, tell a falsehood ” ) , fromOld English lēogan ( “ to lie ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *leugan Proto-Germanic *leuganą ( “ to lie ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- ( “ to lie, swear, bemoan ” ) .
Cognate withWest Frisian lige ( “ to lie ” ) ,Low German legen lögen ( “ to lie ” ) ,Dutch liegen ( “ to lie ” ) ,German lügen ( “ to lie ” ) ,Norwegian ljuge lyge ( “ to lie ” ) ,Danish lyve ( “ to lie ” ) ,Swedish ljuga ( “ to lie ” ) , and more distantly withBulgarian лъжа ( lǎža ,“ to lie ” ) ,Polish łgać ( “ to lie ” ) ,Russian лгать ( lgatʹ ,“ to lie ” ) ,ложь ( ložʹ ,“ falsehood ” ) .
lie (third-person singular simple present lies present participle lying simple past and past participle lied
( intransitive ) false information intentionally with intent todeceive .When Pinocchiolies , his nose grows.
If you are found to havelied in court, you could face a penalty.
Don'tlie to me!
2003 The Package ”, performed byA Perfect Circle :Lie to get what I came forLie to get just what I needLie to get what I craveLie and smile to get what's mine
( intransitive ) convey afalse image orimpression .Photographs oftenlie .
( intransitive , colloquial ) mistaken orunintentionally spread false information.Sorry, I haven't seen your keys anywhere...wait, Ilied ! They're right there on the coffee table.
tell an intentional untruth
rre (sq) (gheg)
Amharic:መዋሸት ( mäwašät ) Arabic:كَذَبَ (ar) ( kaḏaba ) Moroccan Arabic:كدب ( kdəb ) South Levantine Arabic:كذّب ( kazzab ) Armenian:խաբել (hy) ( xabel ) ,ստել (hy) ( stel ) Aromanian:minciunedz minciunedzu Asturian:mentir Avar:гьереси бицине ( heresi bicine ) Azerbaijani:yalançılıq etmək yalan danışmaq Bashkir:алдау ( aldaw ) ,алдатыу ( aldatıw ) ,алдашыу ( aldaşıw ) Basque:gezur(ra)(k) esan Belarusian:ілга́ць impf ( ilhácʹ ) ,лгаць impf ( lhacʹ ) ,салга́ць ( salhácʹ ) ,хлусі́ць impf ( xlusícʹ ) ,схлусі́ць pf ( sxlusícʹ ) ,браха́ць impf ( braxácʹ ) Bengali:মিথ্যা বলা ( mittha bola ) ,মিছা বলা ( micha bola ) Breton:lavared (br) gevier (br) Brunei Malay:kelakar Bulgarian:лъжа́ (bg) impf ( lǎžá ) Burmese:ညာ (my) ( nya ) Carpathian Rusyn:брехати impf ( brexaty ) ,забрехати pf ( zabrexaty ) Catalan:mentir (ca) Chechen:please add this translation if you can Cherokee:please add this translation if you can Chichewa:-nama Chinese:Cantonese:講大話 / 讲大话 ( gong2 daai6 waa6 ) Dungan:чә хуон ( čə huon ) ,чуй ( čuy ) Hokkien:白賊 / 白贼 ( pe̍h-chha̍t ) Mandarin:說謊 / 说谎 (zh) ( shuōhuǎng ) ,撒謊 / 撒谎 (zh) ( sāhuǎng ) Chuukese:mwaken Czech:lhát (cs) impf Danish:lyve (da) Dutch:liegen (nl) Elfdalian:liuoga Esperanto:mensogi (eo) Estonian:valetama (et) Ewe:da alakpa ka aʋatso Faroese:lúgva Finnish:valehdella (fi) ;puhua puppua ( informal ) ,syöttää pajunköyttä ( idiomatic ) ,puhua palturia ( informal ) ,narrata (fi) ( childish ) ,laskea luikuria ( informal ) French:mentir (fr) ,mythonner (fr) Friulian:mintî Galician:mentir (gl) Georgian:ტყუილი (ka) ( ṭq̇uili ) German:lügen (de) ,täuschen (de) Gothic:𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 ( liugan ) Greek:ψεύδομαι (el) ( psévdomai ) Ancient:ψεύδομαι ( pseúdomai ) Gujarati:ખોટું બોલવું ( khōṭuṁ bōlavuṁ ) Gutnish:liauga Hawaiian:e wahahee Hebrew:שיקר \ שִׁקֵּר ( shikér ) Hindi:झूठ बोलना ( jhūṭh bolnā ) Hungarian:hazudik (hu) Icelandic:ljúga (is) ,skrökva Ido:mentiar (io) Indonesian:(pleaseverify ) bohong (id) (pleaseverify ) berbohong (id) (pleaseverify ) membohongi (id) (pleaseverify ) dusta (id) (pleaseverify ) berdusta (id) (pleaseverify ) mendustai (id) Ingrian:petellä vallaa valehella klejata kedrätä Interlingua:mentir Italian:mentire (it) Japanese:嘘を吐く (ja) ( うそをつく, uso o tsuku ) Kapampangan:maglaram Kazakh:жалған сөйлеу ( jalğan söileu ) ,өтірік айту ( ötırık aitu ) Khmer:កុហក (km) ( kohɑk ) ,ភរ (km) ( phɔɔ ) ,ភូត (km) ( phuut ) ,ភរភូត ( phɔɔ phuut ) ,ភូតភរ ( phuut phɔɔ ) Korean:거짓말하다 (ko) ( geojinmalhada ) ,거짓말 을 하다 ( geojinmar-eul hada ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:درۆ کردن ( dro kirdin ) ,درۆ گوتن ( dro gutin ) Northern Kurdish:derew kirin (ku) ,virr kirin (ku) Kyrgyz:калп айтуу ( kalp aytuu ) ,жалган айтуу ( jalgan aytuu ) Lao:ຕົວະ ( tua ) ,ຕໍແຫລ ( tǭ lǣ ) Latgalian:maluot Latin:mentior (la) Latvian:melot (lv) Lithuanian:meluoti Low German:legen (nds) ,lögen Luxembourgish:léien Macedonian:лаже impf ( laže ) Malay:tipu (ms) ,bohong kelakar (ms) ( Sarawak ) Malayalam:please add this translation if you can Maltese:gideb Maori:ki te teka Marathi:खोटे बोलणे ( khoṭe bolṇe ) Mongolian:Cyrillic:хуурах (mn) ( xuurax ) Nanai:делэн- ( ʒelen- ) North Frisian:( Mooring ) jooge Northern Altai:тӧгӱндейерге ( tögündeyerge ) Northern Sami:gielistit Norwegian:Bokmål:lyge (no) ,ljuge (no) ,lyve (no) Nynorsk:lyga ljuga ljuge Occitan:mentir (oc) Odia:ମିଛ କହିବାକୁ ( micha kahibāku ) Old Church Slavonic:Cyrillic:лъгати impf ( lŭgati ) Old English:lēogan Old French:mançonge Old Occitan:mentir Oromo:kijibuu sobuu Pashto:درواغ ويل ( darwãǧwayᶕl ) Persian:دروغ گفتن (fa) ( doruğ goftan ) Polish:kłamać (pl) impf łgać (pl) impf okłamywać (pl) impf Portuguese:mentir (pt) Quechua:llullay Romani:xoxavel Romanian:minți (ro) Romansch:dir manzegnas ( Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan ) ,gir manzegnas ( Sutsilvan ) ,deir manzignas ( Surmiran ) ,dir manzögnas ( Puter, Vallader ) Russian:лгать (ru) ( lgatʹ ) ,врать (ru) ( vratʹ ) ,( colloquial ) бреха́ть (ru) ( brexátʹ ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:ла̀гати impf Roman:làgati (sh) impf Shuswap:qwílenst ( transitive ) ,qwílens ( intransitive ) Sinhalese:බොරු කියනවා ( boru kiyanawā ) Slovak:klamať impf Slovene:lagati (sl) impf Sotho:maka Southern Altai:јалган- ( ǰalgan- ) (archaic),тӧгӱн айт ( tögün ayt ) Spanish:mentir (es) ,embustear (es) ,embustir (es) ,bolacear (es) ( Argentina ) ,piliar ( El Salvador ) Swedish:ljuga (sv) Tagalog:magsinungaling Tajik:дуруғ гуфтан ( duruġ guftan ) Tausug:puting Thai:โกหก (th) ( goo-hòk ) Tibetan:སྐྱག་རྫུན་བཤད ( skyag rdzun bshad ) Tumbuka:nyenga Turkish:yalan söylemek (tr) ,uydurmak (tr) ( informal - can be an inconsequential lie, fib ) Turkmen:aldamak (tk) Tuvan:please add this translation if you can Ukrainian:бреха́ти (uk) impf ( brexáty ) Urdu:جھوٹ بولنا ( jhūṭh bolnā ) Uyghur:ئالىقاپلىق قىلماق ( aliqapliq qilmaq ) Uzbek:aldamoq (uz) ,yolgʻon gapirmoq Vietnamese:nói dối (vi) ,nói láo (vi) Volapük:lugön (vo) Walloon:minti (wa) ,bourder (wa) West Frisian:lige Yiddish:לײַגן ( laygn ) Zazaki:zuri kerden Zyphe:hing
FromMiddle English lie Old English lyġe ( “ lie, falsehood ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *lugiz ( “ lie, falsehood ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- ( “ to tell lies, swear, complain ” ) . Cognate withOld Saxon luggi ( “ a lie ” ) ,Old High German lugī lugin ( “ a lie ” ) (German Lüge Danish løgn ( “ a lie ” ) ,Bulgarian лъжа́ ( lǎžá ,“ а lie ” ) ,Russian ложь ( ložʹ ,“ а lie ” ) ,Czech lež ( “ a lie ” ) ,Middle Polish łeż ( “ a lie ” ) ,Serbo-Croatian laž ( “ a lie ” ) .
lie (plural lies
Anintentionally false statement ; anintentional falsehood .Synonyms: alternative fact deception fabrication falsehood fib leasing nonsense prevarication tall tale whopper see also Thesaurus:lie Antonym: truth I knew he was telling alie by his facial expression.
Astatement intended todeceive , even if literally true.Synonym: half-truth ( by extension ) intentionally false statement
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) Zhuang:byangz vahbyangz
EIL ile- Eli Ile -ile lei Lei. Lei %ile ELI ile IPA (key ) : /ˈlie̯(ˣ)/ ,[ˈlie̞̯(ʔ)] Rhymes:-ie Hyphenation(key ) :lie lie
( dialectal ) third-person singular potential present ofolla Se on missälie . It's somewhere. / I wonder where it is. Tai mitälie ovatkaan. Or whatever they are. Kyllä asialie juuri näin. Yes, the thingsupposedly is just like that. This form is commonly used in certain dialects, like the North Karelian dialect, and is also quite common colloquially in other regions. In standard Finnish, the word is only used in highly literary or solemn contexts. Can be used with any person. As a main verb, the form simply occurs in present tense. As an auxiliary verb form, it may take place in the perfect tense form of any verb. In dialectal use, the form can typically be seen in both direct and indirect questions. Inherited fromOld French lie Early Medieval Latin lias ( “ lees, dregs ” ) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), fromGaulish *ligyā *legyā ( “ silt, sediment ” ) (compareWelsh llai Old Breton leh ( “ deposit, silt ” ) ), fromProto-Celtic *legyā ( “ layer ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *legʰ- ( “ to lie ” ) .
lie f plural lies
lees ,dregs (of wine, of society)lie
inflection oflier first / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive second-person singular imperative lie (lie5 / lie0 Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄧㄝ )
Hanyu Pinyin reading of咧 lie
Nonstandard spelling ofliē Nonstandard spelling oflié Nonstandard spelling ofliě Nonstandard spelling ofliè Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.FromEarly Medieval Latin lias ( “ lees, dregs ” ) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), fromGaulish *ligyā *legyā ( “ silt, sediment ” ) (compareWelsh llai Old Breton leh ( “ deposit, silt ” ) ), fromProto-Celtic *legyā ( “ layer ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *legʰ- ( “ to lie ” ) .
lie oblique singular , f oblique plural lies nominative singular lie nominative plural lies
dregs ; mostly solid, undesirable leftovers of a drinkFromProto-Celtic *līwanks *līwos Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w- ( “ stone ” ) (compareAncient Greek λᾶας ( lâas ,“ stone ” ) ,Albanian lerë ( “ boulder ” ) ).
lie m genitive lïac or lïacc
astone c. 800 , Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published inThesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb.4d 15 In Belzefuth: is béss didu indlïacc benir il-béim friss, et intí do·thuit foir ɔ·boing a chnámi, intí fora tuit-som immurgu at·bail-side. The Beelzebub: it is the custom, then, of the stone that many blows are hit against it, and he who falls upon it breaks his bones; however, he whom it falls on perishes c. 845 , St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published inThesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 65a 1Níbu machdath do·rónta día dindlïac . It was not a wonder that a god would be made of the stone. Initial mutations of a following adjective:
H = triggers aspirationL = triggers lenitionN = triggers nasalizationMutation oflie radical lenition nasalization lie also llie after a proclitic lie pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ unchanged
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
lie
inflection ofliar first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative lie
first-person singular preterite indicative ofliar FromOld Swedish līe lē Old Norse lé Proto-Germanic *lewô Proto-Indo-European *leu- ( “ to cut ” ) .
lie c
scythe ; an instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like.
