# lige
## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈliːə], [ˈliːi]

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse líki, from Proto-Germanic *galīkô, cognate with Old English ġelīca (English like) and Old High German gilīhho (German seinesgleichen). Definite form of the adjective *galīkaz (“same, like”).

#### Noun

lige (uninflected)
* like, match

### Etymology 2

Originally the definite form of lig.

#### Adjective

lige (uninflected)
* straight, not bent
* equal
* (mathematics, of an integer) even (being of the form $2n$, where $n$ is an integer)
* (mathematics, of a function) even (such that $f(x)=f(-x)$)

##### Coordinate terms

* ulige

### Etymology 3

From Old Norse líka, from Proto-Germanic *galīkê, cognate with English like, German gleich. Adverb from the adjective Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (“same, like”), see lig.

#### Adverb

lige
* just, recently
* just, merely, simply
* just, exactly

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /liʒ/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

lige (plural liges)
* liege

### Further reading

* “lige”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈl̠ʲɪɟə]

### Verb

lige
* present subjunctive analytic of lig

## Old English
### Verb

liġe
* imperative singular of liċġan

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* liege

### Etymology

Disputed; thought to be of Germanic origin. See English liege.

### Noun

lige oblique singular, m (oblique plural liges, nominative singular liges, nominative plural lige)
* liege; liegeman; vassal

#### Derived terms

* lijance

#### Descendants

* → Middle English: lege, leege, legge, legi, leyge, liage, liege, lyege, lyge
** English: liege
** Scots: liege

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈl͈ʲiɣʲe]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *legyom, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (down)”).

#### Noun

lige n
* verbal noun of laigid
* lying down, reclining, sleeping
** c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 85, pages 115-179:Nicon fordamar suide nó ligi do fir díob con·gabsat an deorad iterum.[Adamnan] did not allow them to sit or lie down unless they receive the stranger again.
* bed, couch
** c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 55$^c$19
    Cid in tan no·mbíth inna ligiu, ba ac imrádud chloíne no·bíth.Even when he used to be in his bed, he used to be meditating iniquity.
* (figuratively) grave

##### Inflection

Neuter io-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | lige$^N$ | lige$^L$ | lige$^L$ |
| Vocative | lige$^N$ | lige$^L$ | lige$^L$ |
| Accusative | lige$^N$ | lige$^L$ | lige$^L$ |
| Genitive | ligi$^L$ | lige$^L$ | lige$^N$ |
| Dative | ligiu$^L$ | ligib | ligib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

##### Synonyms

* (bed): dérgud, imdae, lepaid, sceng

##### Derived terms

* comluige
* coiblige
* freslige

### Etymology 2

From lig(id) +‎ -e

#### Noun

lige f
* verbal noun of ligid: licking

##### Inflection

Feminine iā-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | lige$^L$ | ligi$^L$ | ligi |
| Vocative | lige$^L$ | ligi$^L$ | ligi |
| Accusative | ligi$^N$ | ligi$^L$ | ligi |
| Genitive | lige | lige$^L$ | lige$^N$ |
| Dative | ligi$^L$ | ligib | ligib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

### Mutation
## Turkish
### Noun

lige
* dative singular of lig