# lyse
## English
### Etymology

Back-formation from lysis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaɪz/, /ˈlaɪs/
* Rhymes: -aɪz, -aɪs
* Homophones: lies, lice

### Verb

lyse (third-person singular simple present lyses, present participle lysing, simple past and past participle lysed)
* (biology) To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis.
* (biochemistry) To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis.

#### Related terms

* lysable
* lysis
* -lysis

### Anagrams

* Slye, leys, lyes, sely, sley, syle

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* lise

### Etymology

From lysë.

### Noun

lyse f
* stream

#### Related terms

* lis

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lyːsə/, [ˈlyːsə]

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse lýsa, from Proto-Germanic *liuhsijaną. Derived from *leuhsaz (“light”, adjective) and/or *leuhsą (“light”, noun).

#### Verb

lyse (imperative lys, infinitive at lyse, present tense lyser, past tense lyste, perfect tense har lyst)
* to shine
* to give out light
* to register
* (religion) to declare (a wedding or a ban)

##### Derived terms

* aflyse
* bandlyse
* belyse
* gennemlyse
* indlysende
* lysning
* oplyse
* selvlysende
* tinglyse

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

lyse
* definite singular of lys
* plural of lys

## French
### Pronunciation

* Homophones: lysent, lyses

### Noun

lyse f (plural lyses)
* (chemistry) lysis

#### Related terms

* lytique

### Verb

lyse
* inflection of lyser:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

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

## Latin
### Noun

lyse
* ablative singular of lysis

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA: [ˈlŷː.sɛ̝]

#### Adjective

lyse
* definite singular of lys
* plural of lys

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse lýsa.

#### Verb

lyse (imperative lys, present tense lyser, passive lyses, simple past lyste, past participle lyst, present participle lysende)
* to light

##### Derived terms

* avlyse
* belyse
* opplyse

### References

* “lyse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

lyse (present tense lyser, past tense lyste, past participle lyst, passive infinitive lysast, present participle lysande, imperative lys)
* e-infinitive form of lysa

##### Derived terms

* avlyse

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

lyse
* definite singular of lys
* plural of lys

### Etymology 3

Attested in Glossarium Norvagicum (1749) of Erik Pontoppidan as Liuſe.

#### Noun

lyse n (definite singular lyset, uncountable)
* unboiled rotten fish liver oil

#### See also

* grakse
* kole (“fish oil lamp”)
* tran (“fish liver oil”)

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlyː.se/, [ˈlyː.ze]

### Verb

lȳse
* inflection of lȳsan:
** first-person singular present indicative
** singular present subjunctive

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²lyːsɛ/
* Rhymes: -²yːsɛ

### Noun

lyse n
* a light (lighting apparatus)
    cykellysebicycle light
    Släck lyset!Turn off the light!

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | lyse | lyses |
| singular | definite | lyset | lysets |
| plural | indefinite | lysen | lysens |
| plural | definite | lysena | lysenas |

#### See also

* lampa

### References

* lyse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* lyse in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* lyse in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)