different between lig vs lin

English

Etymology

From Middle English liggen, from Old English licgan (“to lie, be situated, be at rest, remain”) and Old Norse liggja (“to lie”). More at lie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??/

Verb

lig (third-person singular simple present ligs, present participle ligging, simple past ligged or lag or lay, past participle ligged or laggen or lain)

1. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To lie; be in a prostrate or recumbent position.
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To lay.

Derived terms

• lig down
• lig on
• lig out

Related terms

• ligger

Anagrams

• Gil, IGL@, Ilg, LGI, gli-

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??/

Etymology 1

From Dutch licht, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz.

Adjective

lig (attributive ligte, comparative ligter, superlative ligste)

1. (of weight) light; not heavy

2. (figuratively) slight; mild

Etymology 2

From Dutch lichten, derived from etymology 1.

Verb

lig (present lig, present participle ligtende, past participle gelig)

1. (transitive) to lift, to raise
2. (transitive) to weigh (the anchor)

Etymology 3

From Dutch licht, from Proto-Germanic *leuht? (noun) and *leuhtaz (adjective).

Noun

lig (plural ligte)

1. light

Adjective

lig (attributive ligte, comparative ligter, superlative ligste)

1. (of color or complexion) light; pale; not dark

Etymology 4

From Dutch lichten, from Proto-Germanic *liuhtijan?, derived from etymology 3.

Verb

lig (present lig, present participle ligtende, past participle gelig)

1. to shine; to be or become light

See also

• liggende

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *liga, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ligos (“indigent, needy, ill”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ?????? (olígos, “small, little”), Lithuanian ligà (“illness”), Old Irish líach (“wretched”).

Adjective

i lig m (feminine e ligë, masculine plural të lig, feminine plural të liga)

1. evil, wicked
2. bad, nasty
3. ill, sick
4. weak, cowardly
5. (dialectal) pregnant, with child

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?k]

Noun

lig f

1. genitive plural of liga

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse líkr, glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *gal?kaz, cognate with English alike, like, German gleich, Dutch gelijk. A compound of *ga- (“co-”) +? *-l?kaz (“-like”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?li?]

Adjective

lig (neuter ligt or lig, plural and definite singular attributive lig)

1. equal to
2. like, similar to

References

• “lig,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lík (“body”), from Proto-Germanic *l?k?, cognate with English lich, German Leiche, Dutch lijk..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?li?]

Noun

lig n (singular definite liget, plural indefinite lig)

1. body, corpse
2. crock (an old or broken-down vehicle)

Inflection

Synonyms

• kadaver

References

• “lig,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

From Old Norse lík (“leech”), borrowed from Middle Low German l?k, from Proto-Germanic *l?k? (“bolt-rope”), cognate with Dutch lijk and English leech. The noun belongs to the Proto-Indo-European root *ley?- (“to bind”), compare Latin lig? (“to tie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?li?]

Noun

lig n (singular definite liget, plural indefinite lig)

1. (nautical) leech

Inflection

References

• “Lig,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?le??], Template:proscribed IPA^(key): [?l???]

Verb

lig

1. imperative of ligge

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?x
• IPA^(key): /l?x/

Verb

lig

1. first-person singular present indicative of liggen
2. imperative of liggen

Anagrams

• gil

Irish

Alternative forms

• leig (superseded)
• léig (archaic)
• leog (Munster)

Etymology

From earlier léig, from Old Irish léicid, from Proto-Celtic *link??ti, from Proto-Indo-European *linék?ti, nasal-infix present of *leyk?- (“to leave”). Cognate with Sanskrit ??????? (ri?ákti), Latin linqu?, Ancient Greek ????? (leíp?), Gothic ???????????????????????? (lei?an), Lithuanian lìkti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l????/

Verb

lig (present analytic ligeann, future analytic ligfidh, verbal noun ligean, past participle ligthe)

1. to let, allow

Conjugation

Synonyms

• ceadaigh
• lamháil
• leomh

Derived terms

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “léicid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “leigim” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 431.
• "lig" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “lig” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “lig” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Maguindanao

Noun

lig

1. (anatomy) neck

Maranao

Noun

lig

1. (anatomy) neck

Old English

Alternative forms

• l?e?

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laugi, from Proto-Germanic *laugiz (“fire, flame, lightning”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light; white; to shine”). Cognate with Old High German loug, Old Norse l?ygr, log, loga (“flame, low”). More at low.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?j/

Noun

l?? m (nominative plural l?gas)

1. fire; flame

Descendants

• Middle English: lye, lei, ly?

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?ik/
• Homophone: lik

Noun

lig f

1. genitive plural of liga

Turkish

Etymology

From French ligue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?/

Noun

lig (definite accusative ligi, plural ligler)

1. league (organization of sports teams)

Declension

Volapük

Noun

lig

1. liquor

Yogad

Noun

lig

1. (anatomy) neck

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English linnen, from Old English linnan (“to cease from, desist, lose, yield up”), from Proto-Germanic *linnan? (“to turn, move aside, avoid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to elude, avoid, shrink from”). Cognate with Danish linne (“to stop, rest”), dialectal Swedish linna (“to pause, rest”), Icelandic linna (“to stop, rest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?n/
• Homophone: Lynn
• Rhymes: -?n

Verb

lin (third-person singular simple present lins, present participle linning, simple past linned or lan, past participle linned or lun)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To desist, to stop to cease.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.i:

     Halfe furious vnto his foe he came, / Resolv'd in minde all suddenly to win, / Or soone to lose, before he once would lin [...].

   • 1684, Meriton, Praise Ale, 1.46 (quoted in the EDD):

     Till all war deaun I knaw thou wad not lin.

   • 1822, James Hogg, The Three Perils of Man, I. 238:

     He never linned till he had taen away every chicken that the wife had.

Derived terms

• blin

Etymology 2

See English linn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?n/

Noun

lin (plural lins)

1. Alternative spelling of linn
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 9 p. 134[1]:

     And therefore, to recount her Rivers, from their Lins (marginal gloss) Meeres or Pooles, from whence Rivers spring

   • c. 1735-1801, John Millar, poem, published in 1979, William Christian Lehmann, John Millar of Glasgow, 1735-1801, page 414:

     Here the hammer's active din / Blends with sound of roaring lin.

   • 1776, David Herd, George Paton, Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, Etc, page 20, "Binnorie":

     Whan they came to the roaring lin, She drave unwitting Isabel in.

   • 1827, Jane Porter, The Scottish Chiefs, page 51:

     A step farther might be on the firm earth; but more probably it would be illusive, and dash him into the roaring Lin, where he would be ingulfed at once in its furious whirlpool.

   • 1861, Alexander McLachlan, The Emigrant: And Other Poems, page 201:

     O ye were ne ' er the ane to fret,

     But kept my heart aboon,

     Wi ' smiles sweet as when first we met,

     By Locher ' s roaring lin.

Etymology 3

From Middle English lin, from Old English l?n (“flax, linen, cloth”). For more information, see the entry linen, lint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?n/, /la?n/

Noun

lin (plural lins)

1. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, especially in compounds) Alternative form of line (“flax, linen”)

   a lin apron, lin-break, lin-brake, a lin cap, lin-clout, lin-garn/lin-yarn, lin-man, lin-weaver/lin-webster, lin-wheel

   • 1775, John Watson, The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax, page 16:

     […] to Sowerby-bridge, about twenty-four measured miles, wheel carriages would go in one day; and on that account they concluded that the manufacture of that place, Warrington, &c. would be much readier and cheaper supplied with lin-yarn, flax, &c. from the east, […]

     1641.—14 yards of femble cloth, 12s. ; 8 yards of linen, 6s. 8d. ; 20 yards of harden, 10s. ; 5 linen sheets, 1l. ; 7 linen pillow bears, 8s. ; 2 femble sheets and a line hard sheet, 10s. ; 3 linen towels, 4s. ; 6 lin curtains and a vallance, 12s. ; […]

   • 1864, Preston, Poems, 8:

     A yerd a gooid lin check.

   • 1866, Gilpin, Songs, 233:

     Paddeys wi' their feyne lin' ware.

   • 1874 (ed. of 1879), Waugh, Chim. Corner, 27:

     Hoo wur stonnin' i' th' front of a weshin'-mug, wi' a lin brat afore her.

References

• lin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• -nil-, NIL, nil

Cornish

Etymology 1

Noun

lin f (singulative linen)

1. linen

Etymology 2

Noun

lin

1. Soft mutation of glin.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lin/

Pronoun

lin

1. accusative of li; him

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin l?num, from Proto-Indo-European *l?no-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

lin m (plural lins)

1. linen
2. flax (the plant)

Related terms

• ligne
• linge

Further reading

• “lin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• Nil

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin l?num.

Noun

lin m

1. linen
2. flax

Related terms

• linie

Galician

Verb

lin

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ler

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch lijn, from Middle Dutch l?ne, from Old Dutch *l?na, from Proto-Germanic *l?n?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *l?no- (“flax”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?n]
• Hyphenation: lin

Noun

lin

1. line

   Synonym: garis

2. band

   Synonym: pita

3. a route, a line (of transport, especially of public transport and airlines).

   Synonym: jalur

Further reading

• “lin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Mandarin

Romanization

lin

1. Nonstandard spelling of l?n.
2. Nonstandard spelling of lín.
3. Nonstandard spelling of l?n.
4. Nonstandard spelling of lìn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle English

Noun

lin (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of lyne

References

• “lin,, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 April 2018.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin linum, via Old Norse lín.

Noun

lin n (definite singular linet)

1. (botany) flax
2. (fabric) linen

Derived terms

• linolje
• lintøy

References

• “lin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin linum, via Old Norse lín.

Noun

lin n (definite singular linet)

1. (botany) flax
2. (fabric) linen

Derived terms

• linolje
• lintøy

References

• “lin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

lin m (oblique plural lins, nominative singular lins, nominative plural lin)

1. line (lineage; descent)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?in/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *lin?, further etymology uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Slavic *linjati, see Russian ???? (lin?).

Noun

lin m anim

1. tench (Tinca tinca)

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

lin f

1. genitive plural of lina

Further reading

• lin in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• lin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lin/

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *lenus, from Latin lenis.

Adjective

lin m or n (feminine singular lin?, masculine plural lini, feminine and neuter plural line)

1. even, smooth
2. calm, quiet
3. mild, gentle, sweet

Declension

Synonyms

• (even, smooth): neted
• (calm, quiet): calm, lini?tit
• (mild, gentle): blând

Derived terms

• lini?te

See also

• senin

Etymology 2

From Bulgarian ??? (lin)

Noun

lin m (plural lini)

1. tench (Tinca tinca)

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Etymology

From Old Norse lín, from Proto-Germanic *l?n?. Cognate with English linen.

Noun

lin n

1. flax (plant)

Declension

Related terms

• linberedning
• linblomma
• linfält
• linolja
• lintråd
• linne

See also

• lina

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin l?num. Compare Italian lino

Noun

lin m (plural lini)

1. flax
2. linen (fibre)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?n/

Noun 1

lin

1. Soft mutation of glin.

Mutation

Noun 2

lin

1. Soft mutation of llin.

Mutation