liar

English

Etymology

From Middle English lier, liere, lyere, liȝer, lieȝer, legher, from Old English lēgere, lēogere (“liar, false witness, hypocrite”), from Old English lēogan (“to lie, deceive, belie, betray, be in error, charge falsely”), equivalent to lie +‎ -er. Cognate with Old High German liogāri, liugāri ("liar"; > Middle High German liegære, lieger (“liar”) > archaic German Lüger (“liar”)), Old Norse ljúgari ("liar"; > Icelandic lygari (“liar”)). Compare also German Lügner (“liar”), Icelandic lögnare (“liar”). More at lie.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ.ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə(r)
  • Homophones: lyre, lier

Noun

liar (plural liars)

  1. One who tells lies.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess‎:
      She paused and took a defiant breath. ‘If you don't believe me, I can't help it. But I'm not a liar.’ ¶ ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? […]’

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ligāre, present active infinitive of ligō, possibly through the intermediate of Old French lier in the Middle Ages, as it appeared relatively late in Spanish texts[1]. See also the doublet ligar, a semi-learned term, as well as the inherited Old Spanish form legar (“to tie, bind”) (in modern Spanish, this word survives as a rare regionalism, often with a specialized sense such as "tie or bind a sheep for shearing", or "to join together, unite").

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈljaɾ/

Verb

liar (first-person singular present lío, first-person singular preterite lie, past participle liado)

  1. to bind, tie
  2. to wrap, wrap up
  3. to roll (a cigarette)
  4. (colloquial) to deceive, confuse
  5. (reflexive, colloquial, Spain) to french, snog, make out

Conjugation
  • Rule: stressed í in certain conjugations; monosyllabic infinitives receive no written accent in certain conjugations. This change was put into effect in the 2010 spelling reforms by the RAE, so some other forms are still commonly seen.
    Conjugation of liar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive liar
gerund liando
past participle masculine feminine
singular liado liada
plural liados liadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present lío líastú
lias, liásvos		 lía liamos liais, liáis lían
imperfect liaba liabas liaba liábamos liabais liaban
preterite lie, lié liaste lio, lió liamos liasteis liaron
future liaré liarás liará liaremos liaréis liarán
conditional liaría liarías liaría liaríamos liaríais liarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present líe líestú
liéis, lieisvos2		 líe liemos lieis líen
imperfect
(ra)		 liara liaras liara liáramos liarais liaran
imperfect
(se)		 liase liases liase liásemos liaseis liasen
future1 liare liares liare liáremos liareis liaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative líatú
liá, liavos		 líe liemos liad líen
negative no líes no líe no liemos no lieis no líen
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
  • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Other verbs with this conjugation:
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        Selected combined forms of liaredit data

    These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    with infinitive liar
    dative liarme liarte liarle, liarse liarnos liaros liarles, liarse
    accusative liarme liarte liarlo, liarla, liarse liarnos liaros liarlos, liarlas, liarse
    with gerund liando
    dative liándome liándote liándole, liándose liándonos liándoos liándoles, liándose
    accusative liándome liándote liándolo, liándola, liándose liándonos liándoos liándolos, liándolas, liándose
    with informal second-person singular imperative lía
    dative líame líate líale líanos not used líales
    accusative líame líate líalo, líala líanos not used líalos, líalas
    with formal second-person singular imperative líe
    dative líeme not used líele, líese líenos not used líeles
    accusative líeme not used líelo, líela, líese líenos not used líelos, líelas
    with first-person plural imperative liemos
    dative not used liémoste liémosle liémonos liémoos liémosles
    accusative not used liémoste liémoslo, liémosla liémonos liémoos liémoslos, liémoslas
    with informal second-person plural imperative liad
    dative liadme not used liadle liadnos liaos liadles
    accusative liadme not used liadlo, liadla liadnos liaos liadlos, liadlas
    with formal second-person plural imperative líen
    dative líenme not used líenle líennos not used líenles, líense
    accusative líenme not used líenlo, líenla líennos not used líenlos, líenlas, líense

    Derived terms

    References
    1. https://www.scribd.com/document/158436236/Diccionario-Critico-Etimologico-castellano-G-MA-Corominas-Joan-pdf

    Swedish

    Noun

    liar

    1. indefinite plural of lie
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