lis
English
Noun
lis (plural lisses)
- (heraldry) fleur-de-lis
- 1915, Guy Cadogan Rothery, ABC of Heraldry (page 175)
- […] it may be dimidiated: for instance, half a rose and half a lis being stuck together, or half a lis and half an eagle.
- 1915, Guy Cadogan Rothery, ABC of Heraldry (page 175)
Albanian
Etymology 1
A formation related to lëndë, similar to the connection of vis with vend[1]. Alternatively from Serbo-Croatian (Ijekavian) lijȇs (“coffin; (dial.) lumber, wood(s), forest”), from Old Church Slavonic lěsъ (lěsŭ, “wood(s), forest”) (compare Bulgarian лес (les)).[2]
Noun
lis m (indefinite plural lisa, definite singular lisi, definite plural lisat)
- English oak (Quercus robur)
- tall tree
- (genealogy) lineage
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- plants:
- lis i bardhë ‘Turkey oak’ (Quercus cerris)
- lis bujk ‘Macedonian oak’ (Quercus trojana)
- lis i butë ‘pubescent oak’ (Quercus pubescens)
- lis i egër ‘holly’ (Ilex spp.)
- lineage:
- lis i gjakut ‘patrilineal descendants’
- lis i gjinisë ‘matrilineal descendants’
References
- Martin. E. Huld, Basic Albanian Etymologies (Columbus: Slavica, 1984), 86
- Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. “lis” (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 229.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *leitšja, from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to pour”). Cognate with Latin libare (“to pour, to libate”), Old Church Slavonic лити (liti, “to pour”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌿 (leiþu, “fruit wine”).
Derived terms
Catalan
Czech
Declension
Synonyms
Related terms
- lisovat
French
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
Inflected forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li/
Verb
lis
Further reading
- “lis” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Etymology
From Old Latin stlīs, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyH-.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /liːs/
Inflection
Third declension i-stem.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | līs | lītēs |
Genitive | lītis | lītium |
Dative | lītī | lītibus |
Accusative | lītem | lītēs |
Ablative | līte | lītibus |
Vocative | līs | lītēs |
Derived terms
References
- lis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- lis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the case is still undecided: adhuc sub iudice lis est (Hor. A. P. 77)
- to lose one's case: causā or lite cadere (owing to some informality)
- chicanery (specially of wrongfully accusing an innocent man): calumniae litium (Mil. 27. 74)
- (ambiguous) to go to law with, sue a person: litem alicui intendere
- (ambiguous) to win a case: causam or litem obtinere
- (ambiguous) to lose one's case: causam or litem amittere, perdere
- the case is still undecided: adhuc sub iudice lis est (Hor. A. P. 77)
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lʲɪs̪]
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *lisъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lʲis/
Audio (file)
Declension
Derived terms
Declension
Spanish
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