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Translingual

Symbol

lis

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lisu.

See also

English

Etymology 1

Noun

lis (plural lisses)

  1. (heraldry) Fleur-de-lis.
    • 1915, Guy Cadogan Rothery, ABC of Heraldry, page 175:
      it may be dimidiated: for instance, half a rose and half a lis being stuck together, or half a lis and half an eagle.

Etymology 2

Noun

lis

  1. plural of li

Etymology 3

From Latin lis (quarrel, lawsuit).

Noun

lis

  1. (law) The substance of a legal dispute.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch list, from Middle Dutch list, from Old Dutch list, from Proto-Germanic *listiz.

Pronunciation

Noun

lis (plural liste)

  1. A ruse, a trick, a cunning plan.

Derived terms

Albanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Most likely a formation after lëndë (timber), similarly to the connection of vis with vend. Alternatively, Orel suggests a borrowing from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ (forest, woods), whence Serbo-Croatian lȇs / ле̑с, Bulgarian лес (les), although in this case one would expect the auslaut to have undergone palatalization. Because of the /-i-/ < *-ě-, the Slavic dialect is identified as Ikavian.

Noun

lis m (plural lisa, definite lisi, definite plural lisat)

  1. oak (Quercus, specifically Q. robur)
    Synonym: dushk
    Coordinate terms: bung, ilqe, qarr, shpardh
  2. tall tree
  3. (genealogy) lineage
    lis i gjakutpatrilineal descendants
    lis i gjinisëmatrilineal descendants
Declension
Declension of lis
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lis lisi lisa lisat
accusative lisin
dative lisi lisit lisave lisave
ablative lisash
Hyponyms

Adjective

lis (feminine lise)

  1. (figurative) strong and tall
Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

  1. ^ Huld, Martin E. (1984) “lis”, in Basic Albanian Etymologies, Columbus: Slavica Publishers, →ISBN, page 86
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lis”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 229
  3. ^ Anila Omari, s.v. ‘lis’, in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe (Tirana: Kristalina KH, 2012), 185.

Further reading

  • lis”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe, 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “lis”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary

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 (aorist lysa, participle lysur)

  1. to pour
Derived terms

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin ille (that one).

Pronoun

lis

  1. (to) them (indirect object)

Synonyms

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French lis.

Pronunciation

Noun

lis m (plural lisos)

  1. Sprekelia formosissima (Jacobean lily)
    Synonym: lliri azteca

Derived terms

Further reading

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech lis (press), from Proto-Slavic *lisъ (fox).

Pronunciation

Noun

lis m inan

  1. (machine) press, squeezer
    Synonym: pres

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lesch, lesche, lisc, lyse; probably from the same ultimate origin as Old High German liska, which see (modern German Liesch).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɪs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: lis

Noun

lis m or n (plural lissen, diminutive lisje n)

  1. an iris, a plant of the genus Iris

Derived terms

Further reading

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lilium.

Noun

lis m (plural lis) (ORB, broad)

  1. lily

References

  • lys in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • lis in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French lis, from Old French lis, generalised from the nominative singular and accusative plural of earlier lil, from Latin lilium. The final /s/ survives from the Middle French pausal pronunciation (as in fils, ours, os, tous, etc.), but fleur de lis was formerly also pronounced with /li/.

Pronunciation

Noun

lis m (plural lis)

  1. lily
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

lis

  1. inflection of lire:
    1. first/second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular present imperative

Further reading

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin illas, accusative feminine plural of illae.

Article

lis f pl (singular la)

  1. the

Inflection

Friulian definite articles
singular plural
masculine il
l'
i
feminine la
l'
lis

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French liste (list).

Pronunciation

Noun

lis

  1. list

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Dutch lijst, from Italian lista, from Proto-Germanic *līstǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *leizd (band, border).

Noun

lis

  1. list, a register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself
    Synonym: daftar

Etymology 2

From Dutch lijst, from Middle Dutch lijste, from Old Dutch *līsta, from Proto-Germanic *līstǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *leizd (band, border).

Noun

lis

  1. frame, border
    Synonym: bingkai

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin stlīs, slīs, perhaps with unusual reduction from Proto-Italic *slītis (accusation, dispute), from Proto-Indo-European *sliH-ti-, possibly from a root Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyH- (to accuse); cognate with Old Irish liid (accuse, charge).

Pronunciation

Noun

līs f (genitive lītis); third declension

  1. lawsuit, action
  2. contention, strife, quarrel
    Synonyms: rixa, certatus, iūrgium
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.29–30:
      līte vacent aurēs, īnsānaque prōtinus absint
      iūrgia; differ opus, līvida lingua, tuum!
      • 1851 translation by Henry T. Riley
        Let our ears be relieved from strife, and forthwith let maddening discords he far away; and thou envious tongue, postpone thy occupation.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Galician: lide
  • Italian: lite
  • Portuguese: lide
  • Sicilian: liti
  • Spanish: lid

See also

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “līs, -tis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 345–346

Further reading

  • 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • lis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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)
    • (ambiguous) to go to law with, sue a person: litem alicui intendere
    • (ambiguous) to win a case: causam or litem obtinere
    • (ambiguous) to lose one's case: causam or litem amittere, perdere

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

Verb

li̇̀s

  1. third-person singular future of lyti
  2. third-person plural future of lyti

Middle High German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈlɪs̠/

Verb

lis

  1. second-person singular present imperative of lësen

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisъ (fox).

Pronunciation

Noun

lis m inan

  1. winepress

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

lis m animal (female equivalent lisica, diminutive lisek, augmentative lisisko)

  1. fox (Vulpini, especially the genus Vulpes)
  2. (colloquial) fox fur

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

lis m pers

  1. (colloquial) a clever or cunning person; fox

Declension

Further reading

  • lis in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lisse.

Adjective

lis m or n (feminine singular lisă, masculine plural liși, feminine and neuter plural lise)

  1. smooth

Declension

Declension of lis
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite lis lisă liși lise
definite lisul lisa lișii lisele
genitive-
dative
indefinite lis lise liși lise
definite lisului lisei lișilor liselor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French lis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlis/
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification: lis

Noun

lis f (plural lises)

  1. lily
    Synonym: lirio
  2. fleur-de-lis
    Synonym: flor de lis

Further reading