liga
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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
liga f
- league (organization of sports teams)
Declension
Further reading
- liga in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- liga in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Central-Pacific *liŋa, variant of *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.
Noun
liga
Galician
Verb
liga
- inflection of ligar:
Hungarian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin liga.
Pronunciation
Noun
liga (plural ligák)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | liga | ligák |
| accusative | ligát | ligákat |
| dative | ligának | ligáknak |
| instrumental | ligával | ligákkal |
| causal-final | ligáért | ligákért |
| translative | ligává | ligákká |
| terminative | ligáig | ligákig |
| essive-formal | ligaként | ligákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | ligában | ligákban |
| superessive | ligán | ligákon |
| adessive | ligánál | ligáknál |
| illative | ligába | ligákba |
| sublative | ligára | ligákra |
| allative | ligához | ligákhoz |
| elative | ligából | ligákból |
| delative | ligáról | ligákról |
| ablative | ligától | ligáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
ligáé | ligáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
ligáéi | ligákéi |
| Possessive forms of liga | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | ligám | ligáim |
| 2nd person sing. | ligád | ligáid |
| 3rd person sing. | ligája | ligái |
| 1st person plural | ligánk | ligáink |
| 2nd person plural | ligátok | ligáitok |
| 3rd person plural | ligájuk | ligáik |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading
- liga in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch liga, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin ligō (“I tie”).
Pronunciation
Noun
liga (plural liga-liga, first-person possessive ligaku, second-person possessive ligamu, third-person possessive liganya)
- league
- Synonyms: perserikatan, persekutuan
Further reading
- “liga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Anagrams
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
lika |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
liga |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *lika. Cognates include Finnish lika and Estonian liga.
Pronunciation
Noun
liga (genitive ligan, partitive ligua)
Declension
| Tver Karelian declension of liga (type 4/kala no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | liga | ligat | |
| genitive | ligan | ligoin | |
| partitive | ligua | ligoida | |
| illative | ligah | ligoih | |
| inessive | ligašša | ligoissa | |
| elative | ligašta | ligoista | |
| adessive | ligalla | ligoilla | |
| ablative | ligalda | ligoilda | |
| translative | ligakši | ligoiksi | |
| essive | ligana | ligoina | |
| comitative | liganke | ligoinke | |
| abessive | ligatta | ligoitta | |
| Possessive forms of liga | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ligani | |
| 2nd person | ligaš | |
| 3rd person | ligah | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
References
- A. V. Punzhina (1994) “liga”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
ligā
References
- liga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- liga in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Latvian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
liga f (4th declension)
Declension
Declension of liga (4th declension)
See also
- slimība f
Lithuanian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
ligà f (plural ligos) stress pattern 4
Declension
Declension of ligà
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | ligà | ligos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | ligõs | ligų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | ligai | ligóms |
| accusative (galininkas) | ligą | ligàs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | ligà | ligomìs |
| locative (vietininkas) | ligojè | ligosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | liga | ligos |
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́nga (“search for, watch for, desire”).
Verb
-líga
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
liga f
- league (a group or association of cooperating members)
Declension
Declension of liga
Derived terms
adjective
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
liga
Further reading
- liga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- liga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From ligar (“to unite; to bind”), from Latin ligāre (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).
Noun
liga f (plural ligas)
- alloy (metal combined of more elements)
- Hyponyms: aço, amálgama, bronze, ferro fundido, latão
- league; group; association
- Synonyms: aliança, associação, coligação, confederação, facção, grupo, pacto, partido, união
- league (organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship)
- Synonym: confederação
- (uncountable) connection (act of connecting)
- Synonyms: conexão, ligação, ligamento
- Antonyms: desconexão, desligamento
- garter (band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking)
- Synonym: jarreteira
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
liga
- inflection of ligar:
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
líga f (Cyrillic spelling ли́га)
- league (politics, sports, general)
Declension
Declension of liga
References
- “liga” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
líga f
- league (organization of sports teams)
Inflection
 |
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | líga | ||
| gen. sing. | líge | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
líga | lígi | líge |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
líge | líg | líg |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
lígi | lígama | lígam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
lígo | lígi | líge |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
lígi | lígah | lígah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
lígo | lígama | lígami |
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
liga f (plural ligas)
- (politics, general) league
- band; suspender (UK), garter (US)
- (metallurgy) alloy, mixture
- mistletoe
- Synonym: muérdago
- (Mexico) hair tie, ponytail holder, ponytailer, hair elastic, bobble, hair boble
- elastic band
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
liga
- inflection of ligar:
Further reading
- “liga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
From French ligue, from Latin ligāre (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ-.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
liga c
Declension
| Declension of liga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | liga | ligan | ligor | ligorna |
| Genitive | ligas | ligans | ligors | ligornas |
Related terms
References
- liga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- liga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- liga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- liga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Tagalog
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
liga (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄ)
- league; alliance; union
- association
- seasonal athletics competition
- Synonym: paligsahan