different between lye vs lave

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?/
• Rhymes: -a?
• Homophones: lie, lai

Etymology 1

From Old English l?ag, from Proto-Germanic *laug?, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh?- (“to wash”).

Noun

lye (countable and uncountable, plural lyes)

1. An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes).
2. Potassium or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda).

Derived terms

• lyed

Translations

Verb

lye (third-person singular simple present lyes, present participle lyeing or lying, simple past and past participle lyed)

1. To treat with lye.

Further reading

• lye on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lye (plural lyes)

1. (Britain, rail transport) A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.

Verb

lye (third-person singular simple present lyes, present participle lying, simple past lay, past participle lain or layn)

1. Obsolete spelling of lie.

   • But when his foe lyes prostrate on the plain,
     He sheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane;
     And, pleas'd with bloudless honours of the day,
     Walks over, and disdains th' inglorious Prey.

   • 1654, John Donne, Loves Diet

     Now negligent of sports I lye,
     And now as other Fawkners use,
     I spring a mistresse, sweare, write, sigh and weepe:
     And the game kill'd, or lost, goe talk, and sleepe.

References

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

Anagrams

• Ely, Ley, ley, yel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlýja, from the adjective hlýr.

Alternative forms

• lya (a infinitive)

Verb

lye (present tense lyer, past tense lydde, past participle lydd/lytt, passive infinitive lyast, present participle lyande, imperative ly)

1. to warm up, give off warmth

Etymology 2

Verb

lye (present tense lyar or lyer, past tense lya or lydde, past participle lya or lydd, present participle lyande)

1. Eye dialect spelling of lyde.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

lye

1. inflection of ly:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

References

• “lye” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Lye, yle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?v/
• Rhymes: -e?v

Etymology 1

From Middle English laven (“to wash; pour out; stream”), from Old English lafian, ?elafian (“to pour water on; refresh; wash”), from Proto-West Germanic *lab?n (“to refresh; revive; strengthen”), influenced, if not wholly borrowed, from Latin lav? (“to wash, bathe”), though sometimes contentiously compared to Ancient Greek ????? (l?phá?, “to recover, rest”) of unknown origin.

Verb

lave (third-person singular simple present laves, present participle laving, simple past and past participle laved)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)

2. (transitive) To draw, as water; drink in.
   • 2006, Cormac McCarthy, The Road, London: Picador, 2007, p. 38.

     The boy walked out and squatted and laved up the dark water.

3. (transitive) To give bountifully; lavish.
4. (intransitive) To run down or gutter, as a candle.
5. (intransitive, dialectal) To hang or flap down.
6. (transitive, intransitive, literary or poetic) To wash.
   • 1789, William Lisle Bowles, 'Sonnet I' from Fourteen Sonnets, 1789.

     the tranquil tide, / That laves the pebbled shore.

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English lave, laif, lafe (“remainder, rest, that which is left”), from Old English l?f (“lave, remainder, rest”), from Proto-Germanic *laib? (“remainder”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”). Cognate with Old High German leiba (“lave”), Old Norse leif (“lave”), Old English bel?fan (“to remain”). More at belive.

Noun

lave (uncountable)

1. (archaic or dialectal) The remainder, rest; that which is left, remnant; others.
   • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 12.

     Then they set upon us and slew some of my slaves and put the lave to flight.

   • 1896 (posthumously), Robert Louis Stevenson, Songs of Travel and other verses.

     Give to me the life I love, / Let the lave go by me...

2. (dialectal) A crowd
   • 1807, Ancient historic ballads - Page 72:

     Of prelates proud, a populous lave, And abbots boldly there were known.

Synonyms

• (that which is left): remnant, residue; See also Thesaurus:remainder

References

Anagrams

• Leva, Vale, Veal, Vela, avel, eval, leva, vale, veal, vela

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?v?/, [?læ???], [?læ??]
• Rhymes: -a?v?

Etymology 1

From Old Norse laga, derived from lag (“layer”). Cognate with Norwegian lage, Swedish laga.

Verb

lave (imperative lav, infinitive at lave, present tense laver, past tense lavede, perfect tense har lavet)

1. to make, create, construct, produce
2. to cook, prepare
3. to do
4. to repair, mend, fix

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

lave

1. definite of lav
2. plural of lav

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

lave c

1. (obsolete) dative singular indefinite of lag

Usage notes

Only used in the fixed expression af lave (“out of order”).

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lav/

Noun

lave f (plural laves)

1. (usually uncountable) lava

Derived terms

• fontaine de lave

Verb

lave

1. inflection of laver:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• leva

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French laver (“wash”).

Verb

lave

1. to wash

Italian

Noun

lave f

1. plural of lava

Anagrams

• leva
• vale
• vela

Middle English

Verb

lave

1. Alternative form of laven

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

lave

1. definite singular of lav
2. plural of lav

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -avi

Verb

lave

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of lavar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of lavar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of lavar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of lavar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lave]

Noun

lave f

1. indefinite plural of lav?
2. indefinite genitive/dative singular of lav?

Scots

Etymology

Middle Scots lave, laif, lafe (“remainder, rest, that which is left”), from Old English l?f (“lave, remainder, rest”). Akin to Old High German leiba (“lave”), Old Norse leif (“lave”), Old English bel?fan (“to remain”). More at leave.

Noun

lave

1. (archaic) rest, remainder.

   Ye are bit a wumman lik the lave, an ye maun thole the brunt o whit life mey bring. — Janet's Love and Service

Spanish

Verb

lave

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of lavar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of lavar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of lavar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of lavar.

Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

lave c

1. a towerlike building atop a mine shaft
2. a wooden bench in a sauna

Declension

Related terms

• bastulave
• gruvlave

See also

• lav

Anagrams

• elva, leva, vale, vela