lie

(Inglés)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
2. (intransitive) To be placed or situated.
3. (copulative, intransitive) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
4. Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
5. Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
6. Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
7. (archaic) To lodge; to sleep.
8. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
9. To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.

Noun

1. The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
2. The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
3. The position of a fetus in the womb.
4. A manner of lying; relative position.
5. An animal's lair.

Noun

1. An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
2. A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true.
3. (broadly) Anything that misleads or disappoints.
4. (slang) A liar; a dishonest person.

Oposto a

truth

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/laɪ̯/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: lien

Herdado de Old English: liċġan

Relativo a frisón occidental: lizze

Relativo a neerlandés: liggen

Relativo a alemán: liegen

Relativo a dinamarqués: -

Relativo a noruegués bokmål: ligge

Relativo a sueco: ligga

Relativo a islandés: -

Relativo a feroés: -

Relativo a noruegués nynorsk: liggja

Relativo a Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽

Relativo a latín: lectus

Relativo a irlandés: luí

Relativo a ruso: лежа́ть

Relativo a albanés: lag

Herdado de Old English: lēogan

Relativo a frisón occidental: lige

Relativo a baixo alemán: legen

Relativo a neerlandés: liegen

Relativo a alemán: lügen

Relativo a noruegués: ljuge

Relativo a dinamarqués: lyve

Relativo a sueco: ljuga

Relativo a búlgaro: лъжа

Relativo a polaco: łgać

Relativo a ruso: лгать

Herdado de Middle English: lie

Herdado de Old English: lyġe

Relativo a Old Saxon: luggi

Relativo a Old High German: lugi

Relativo a alemán: Lüge

Relativo a dinamarqués: løgn

Relativo a búlgaro: лъжа́

Relativo a ruso: ложь

Relativo a checo: lež

Relativo a serbocroata: laž

In summary

From Middle English lien, liggen, from Old English liċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.
Cognate with West Frisian lizze, Dutch liggen, German liegen, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ligge, Swedish ligga, Icelandic, Faroese and Norwegian Nynorsk liggja, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan); and with Latin lectus (“bed”), Irish luí, Russian лежа́ть (ležátʹ), Albanian lag (“troop, band, encampment”).
As a noun for position, the noun has the same etymology above as the verb.

Sinónimos

falsehood

tell a lie

fib

deceive

untruth

lie down

tell lies

rest

deceit

cheat

lies

fabrication

recline

prevarication

prevaricate

deception

relax

repose

be

place

lie on the side

fiction

sit

🪑

swindle

lay

tell a falsehood

sleep

😴

fraud

trick

deny

tell untruths

false

tell a fib

remain

consist

lying

lie in

pretence

tell an untruth

untrue

go to bed

dwell

falsify

untruthfulness

have

story

run

extend

fable

range

Frases

It's not a lie .