Dutch

Proper noun

Lia ?

1. A female given name, diminutive of Cornelia.

Anagrams

• Ali

Italian

Proper noun

Lia f

1. Leah (biblical character).
2. A female given name.

Anagrams

• ali

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Leia

Proper noun

Lia f

1. Leah (elder daughter of Laban)
2. A female given name

Esperanto

Determiner

lia ‎(accusative singular lian, plural liaj, accusative plural liajn)

1. (possessive) his

See also

• ĝia
• onia
• sia
• ŝia

French

Verb

lia

1. third-person singular past historic of lier

Anagrams

• ail
• lai

Ido

Determiner

lia

1. (possessive) their

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲiə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish lïa, from Proto-Celtic *līwanks, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁- ‎(“stone”) (compare Ancient Greek λᾶας ‎(lâas, “stone”), Albanian lerë ‎(“boulder”)).

Noun

lia m ‎(genitive singular lia, nominative plural liaga)

1. stone, pillar-stone

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Irish líaig, cognate with Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 ‎(lēkeis) and English leech ‎(“physician”).

Alternative forms

• liaigh (obsolete)

Noun

lia m ‎(genitive singular lia, nominative plural lianna)

1. healer, physician

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Irish liae, from Proto-Celtic *liyants (compare Welsh lliant), present participle of *liyo-, from Proto-Indo-European *leyH- (compare Old Church Slavonic лити ‎(liti, “to pour”), Lithuanian líeti.

Noun

lia m ‎(genitive singular lia)

1. flood, torrent

Declension

Etymology 4

From the stem of Old Irish il ‎(“many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁-.

Adjective

lia

1. more, more numerous

References

• "lia" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 lía” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 lía” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “1 líaig” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Latin

Verb

līā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of līō

References

• LIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lia in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Mandarin

Romanization

lia

1. Nonstandard spelling of liǎ.

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.

Portuguese

Verb

lia

1. First-person singular (eu) imperfect indicative of ler
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) imperfect indicative of ler

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) ligia
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) leia

Noun

lia f (plural lias)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) league

Spanish

Verb

lia

1. (Latin America) Informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of liar.

Tasmanian

Noun

lia

1. water