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Lis
Lis
lis
lis
Albanian
Etymology 1
A formation related to lëndë, similar to the connection of vis with vend[1]. Alternatively from Serbo-Croatian (Ijekavian) lijȇs (“coffin; (dial.) lumber, wood(s), forest”), from Old Church Slavonic lěsъ (lěsŭ, “wood(s), forest”) (compare Bulgarian лес (les)).[2]
Noun
lis m (indefinite plural lisa, definite singular lisi)
- English oak (Quercus robur)
- tall tree
- (genealogy) lineage
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- plants:
- lis i bardhë ‘Turkey oak’ (Quercus cerris)
- lis bujk ‘Macedonian oak’ (Quercus trojana)
- lis i butë ‘pubescent oak’
- lis i egër ‘holly’
- lineage:
- lis i gjakut ‘patrilineal descendants’
- lis i gjinisë ‘matrilineal descendants’
Coordinate terms
References
- ↑ Martin. E. Huld, Basic Albanian Etymologies (Columbus: Slavica, 1984), 86
- ↑ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. “lis” (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 229.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *leitšja, from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to pour”). Cognate with Latin libare (“to pour, to libate”), Old Church Slavonic лити (liti, “to pour”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌿 (leiþu, “fruit wine”).
Verb
lis (first-person singular past tense lysa, participle lysur)
- to pour
Derived terms
Related terms
French
Etymology
Alternative forms
- lys (noun)
Pronunciation
Noun
lis m (plural lis)
Verb
lis
- first-person singular present indicative of lire
- second-person singular present indicative of lire
- second-person singular present imperative of lire
Anagrams
Friulian
| Friulian Definite Articles | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| masculine | il l' |
i |
| feminine | la l' |
lis |
Etymology
From Latin illas, accusative feminine plural of illae.
Article
lis f pl (singular la)
See also
Latin
Etymology
From Old Latin stlīs, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /liːs/
Noun
līs f (genitive lītis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | līs | lītēs |
| genitive | lītis | lītum |
| dative | lītī | lītibus |
| accusative | lītem | lītēs |
| ablative | līte | lītibus |
| vocative | līs | lītēs |
Derived terms
See also
Descendants
References
- lis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- LIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the case is still undecided: adhuc sub iudice lis est (Hor. A. P. 77)
- to lose one's case: causā or lite cadere (owing to some informality)
- chicanery (specially of wrongfully accusing an innocent man): calumniae litium (Mil. 27. 74)
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(ambiguous) to go to law with, sue a person: litem alicui intendere
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(ambiguous) to win a case: causam or litem obtinere
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(ambiguous) to lose one's case: causam or litem amittere, perdere
- the case is still undecided: adhuc sub iudice lis est (Hor. A. P. 77)
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *lisъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlis]
Noun
lis m anim (diminutive lisek, feminine lisica)