lies
See also: Lies, liés, líes, and -lies
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laɪz/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪz
Noun
lies
- plural of lie
Verb
lies
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lie
Adjective
lies
- (Mid-Ulster) Great, wonderful
- That kebab was lies!
Anagrams
- %iles, Elis, Iles, Isle, Lise, Sile, iles, isle, leis, sile
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch lies.
Noun
lies (plural liese or lieste)
- loins, region near the groin
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch liesche. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lis/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: lies
- Rhymes: -is
Noun
lies f or m (plural liezen)
- loins, region near the groin
Derived terms
- liesbreuk
French
Noun
lies f
- plural of lie
Verb
lies
- second-person singular present indicative of lier
- second-person singular present subjunctive of lier
Anagrams
- élis, îles, isle, Lise, lise, sile, silé
German
Alternative forms
- l. (abbreviation)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [liːs]
- Homophone: ließ
- Rhymes: -iːs
Verb
lies
- imperative singular of lesen
Latin
Verb
līēs
- second-person singular present active subjunctive of līō
Limburgish
Noun
lies f
- list
Inflection
| Root singular | Root plural | Diminutive singular | Diminutive plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lies | lieste | lieske | lieskes |
| Genitive | lies | lieste | lieskes | lieskes |
| Locative | liestes | liesteser | liesteske | liestesker |
| Dative¹ | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Accusative¹ | ? | ? | ? | ? |
- Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
Livonian
Etymology
Borrowing from Latvian liesa.
Noun
lies
- (Salaca) spleen
Luxembourgish
Verb
lies
- second-person singular present indicative of liesen
- second-person singular imperative of liesen
Old French
Noun
lies f pl
- oblique plural of lie
- nominative plural of lie
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
lies m (Cyrillic spelling лиес)
- Obsolete spelling of lijes
Swedish
Noun
lies
- indefinite genitive singular of lie