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English
Etymology 1
Noun
lis (plural lisses)
- (heraldic) 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
- plural of li
Etymology 3
From Latin lis (“quarrel, lawsuit”).
Noun
lis
- (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)
- 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 gone palatalization. Because of the /-i-/ < *-ě-, the Slavic dialect is identified as Ikavian.
Noun
lis m (plural lisa, definite lisi, definite plural lisat)
- oak (Quercus, specifically Q. robur)
- Synonym: dushk
- Coordinate terms: bung, ilqe, qarr, shpardh
- tall tree
- (genealogy) lineage
- lis i gjakut ― patrilineal descendants
- lis i gjinisë ― matrilineal descendants
Declension
Hyponyms
Adjective
lis (feminine lise)
- (figurative) strong and tall
Declension
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References
- ^ Martin. E. Huld, Basic Albanian Etymologies (Columbus, OH: Slavica, 1984), 86.
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lis”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 229
- ^ Anila Omari, s.v. ‘lis’, in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe (Tirana: Kristalina KH, 2012), 185.
Further reading
- “lis”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- “lis”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 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)
- to pour
Derived terms
Related terms
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin ille (“that one”).
Pronoun
lis
- (to) them (indirect object)
Synonyms
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French lis.
Pronunciation
Noun
lis m (plural lisos)
- Sprekelia formosissima (Jacobean lily)
- Synonym: lliri azteca
Derived terms
Further reading
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech lis (“press”), from Proto-Slavic *lisъ (“fox”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lis m inan
- (machine) press, squeezer
- Synonym: pres
Declension
Declension of lis (hard masculine inanimate)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- lis in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- lis in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- lis in Internetová jazyková příručka
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/
- Hyphenation: lis
Noun
lis m or n (plural lissen, diminutive lisje n)
- An iris, a plant of the genus Iris
Derived terms
Further reading
French
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)
- lily
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
lis
- inflection of lire:
- first/second-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular present imperative
Further reading
Anagrams
Friulian
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Etymology
From Latin illas, accusative feminine plural of illae.
Article
lis f pl (singular la)
- the
See also
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French liste (“list”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lis
- 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
- 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
- frame, border.
- Synonym: bingkai
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
From Old Latin stlīs, from Proto-Italic *slītis (“accusation, dispute”), likely from Proto-Indo-European *sliH-ti-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyH-, related to Old Irish liid (“accuse, charge”).
Pronunciation
Noun
līs f (genitive lītis); third declension
- lawsuit, action
- 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
See also
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 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
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
Verb
lìs
- third-person singular future of lyti
- third-person plural future of lyti
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisъ (“fox”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lis m inan
- winepress
Declension
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
lis m animal (female equivalent lisica, diminutive lisek, augmentative lisisko)
- fox (Vulpini, especially the genus Vulpes)
- (colloquial) fox fur
Declension
Derived terms
Noun
lis m pers
- (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)
- smooth
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlis/
- Rhymes: -is
- Syllabification: lis
Noun
lis f (plural lises)
- lily
- Synonym: lirio
- fleur-de-lis
- Synonym: flor de lis
Further reading