lie

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

lie

from medieval Latin lias, (plural) liæ "lie, sediment, residue", from Gaulish lĭga, lega "sediment, deposit, silt" (cf. Welsh llai, Breton lec'hi "lie, mucilage", Old Breton leh "deposit, mud").

Definitions

Synonyms

Plural

lies

Translations

  • germangerman:Bodensatz
  • englishenglish:lees
  • spanishspanish:hez
  • italianitalian:feccia
  • japanesejapanese:かす
  • dutchdutch:moer

See also

Lies (pn.)