lyse

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See also: lysé, lysë, łyse, and -lyse

English

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Etymology

Back-formation from lysis.

Pronunciation

Verb

lyse (third-person singular simple present lyses, present participle lysing, simple past and past participle lysed)

  1. (biology) To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis.
  2. (biochemistry) To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis.

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Anagrams

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From lysë.

Noun

lyse f

  1. stream

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Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lýsa, from Proto-Germanic *liuhsijaną. Derived from *leuhsaz (“light”, adjective) and/or *leuhsą (“light”, noun).

Verb

lyse (imperative lys, infinitive at lyse, present tense lyser, past tense lyste, perfect tense har lyst)

  1. to shine
  2. to give out light
  3. to register
  4. (religion) to declare (a wedding or a ban)
Conjugation
Inflection of lyse
present past
simple lyser lyste
perfect har lyst havde lyst
passive lyses lystes
participle lysende lyst
imperative lys —
infinitive lyse —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund lysen —
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

lyse

  1. definite singular of lys
  2. plural of lys

French

Pronunciation

Noun

lyse f (plural lyses)

  1. (chemistry) lysis

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Verb

lyse

  1. inflection of lyser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Latin

Noun

lyse

  1. ablative singular of lysis

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA(key):

Adjective

lyse

  1. definite singular of lys
  2. plural of lys

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lýsa.

Verb

lyse (imperative lys, present tense lyser, passive lyses, simple past lyste, past participle lyst, present participle lysende)

  1. to light
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References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

lyse (present tense lyser, past tense lyste, past participle lyst, passive infinitive lysast, present participle lysande, imperative lys)

  1. e-infinitive form of lysa
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Etymology 2

Adjective

lyse

  1. definite singular of lys
  2. plural of lys

Swedish

Noun

lyse n

  1. a light (lighting apparatus)
    cykellyse
    bicycle light
    Släck lyset!
    Turn off the light!

Declension

Declension of lyse 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lyse lyset lysen lysena
Genitive lyses lysets lysens lysenas

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References

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