lies

See also: Lies, liés, líes, and -lies

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /laɪz/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪz

Noun

lies

  1. plural of lie

Verb

lies

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lie

Adjective

lies

  1. (Mid-Ulster) Great, wonderful
    That kebab was lies!

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lies.

Noun

lies (plural liese or lieste)

  1. 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/
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  • Hyphenation: lies
  • Rhymes: -is

Noun

lies f or m (plural liezen)

  1. loins, region near the groin

Derived terms

French

Noun

lies f

  1. plural of lie

Verb

lies

  1. second-person singular present indicative of lier
  2. second-person singular present subjunctive of lier

Anagrams

German

Alternative forms
  • l. (abbreviation)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [liːs]
  • Homophone: ließ
  • Rhymes: -iːs

Verb

lies

  1. imperative singular of lesen

Latin

Verb

līēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of līō

Limburgish

Noun

lies f

  1. list

Inflection
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

  1. (Salaca) spleen

Luxembourgish

Verb

lies

  1. second-person singular present indicative of liesen
  2. second-person singular imperative of liesen

Old French

Noun

lies f pl

  1. oblique plural of lie
  2. nominative plural of lie

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lies m (Cyrillic spelling лиес)

  1. Obsolete spelling of lijes

Swedish

Noun

lies

  1. indefinite genitive singular of lie
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