ly

English

Noun

ly (plural lys)

1. (astronomy) Abbreviation of light year.

Synonyms

• LY
• lightyear

Derived terms

• kly
• Mly
• Gly

Translations

See also

• psc
• pc

Anagrams

• -yl, YL

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lijden, from Middle Dutch liden, from Old Dutch līthan, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

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• Homophone: lei

Verb

ly (present ly, present participle lydende or lyende, past participle gely)

1. to suffer

Derived terms

• oorly

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lyːˀ/

Noun

ly n (singular definite lyet, plural indefinite ly)

1. shelter

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key):
• (letter name): IPA^(key): ,

Letter

ly (lower case, upper case Ly)

1. The twentieth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ellipszilon and written in the Latin script.

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

Further reading

• ly 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

Latin

Alternative forms

• li

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin ille, probably reborrowed from a vernacular Romance language.

Article

ly (definite) (Medieval Latin)

1. the (only in very specific circumstances)
   • 13th c., Thomas Aquinas, Scriptum super Sententiis

     Quia ly "se" potest esse ablativi casus...

     Since the "se" can be in the ablative case...

Usage notes

• In nearly all circumstances, Latin does not use articles. "Ly" is not used to indicate the definiteness of a noun, but rather to indicate that the following word is being mentioned rather than used. As such, "ly <word>" can be accurately translated as "the word <word>" in most cases. "Ly" is only found in medieval and later Latin.

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lyː/

Noun

ly n (definite singular lyet, indefinite plural ly, definite plural lya or lyene)

1. shelter

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hlýr (“lukewarm”), from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz. The noun is from Old Norse hlý (“warmth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lyː/

Noun

ly n (definite singular lyet, indefinite plural ly, definite plural lya)

1. shelter

Adjective

ly (masculine and feminine ly, neuter lytt, definite singular and plural lye, comparative lyare, indefinite superlative lyast, definite superlative lyaste)

1. lukewarm
2. mild

Verb

ly

1. imperative of lya

References

• “ly” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Vietnamese

Noun

ly

1. Alternative spelling of li