# leeg
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch leeg.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɪəχ/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

leeg (attributive leë, comparative leër, superlative leegste)
* empty

#### Antonyms

* vol

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /leːx/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eːx

### Etymology 1

From older ledig, from Middle Dutch lēdich, from Old Dutch *lithig, from Proto-Germanic *liþugaz.

#### Adjective

leeg (comparative leger, superlative leegst)
* empty, hollow
    Synonym: laar
** Jesse Frederik, "Dode liberalen over 'het grote dikke ik', hebzucht en graaiers", Follow the Money, 2 June 2015.
    ‘Ieder die nadenkt over de verhoudingen van den mensch tot het goed der aarde, zal getroffen worden door het feit dat vaak hij die arbeidt, arm is, terwijl hij die ledig door het leven gaat zich baadt in overvloed,’ stelde van der Linden vast.
       "Everyone who thinks about the relations between humanity and material goods, will be struck by the fact that often he who works is poor, while he who leads an empty life wallows in abundance," Van der Linden observed.
    De fles wijn was helaas leeg. ― Unfortunately, the bottle of wine was empty.
* (figuratively) listless, lethargic

##### Alternative forms

* ledig, leêg

##### Antonyms

* vol

##### Derived terms

* ledigheid
* leeghoofd
* leeglopen
* leegloper
* leegmaken
* leegstaan, leegstand
* leegte
* legen

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: leeg, ledig
* Negerhollands: leeg
* → Sranan Tongo: leigi
** → Aukan: leigi
** → Caribbean Javanese: légi

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

leeg
* inflection of legen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* egel, geel, gele, lege

## German Low German
### Adjective

leeg
* Alternative spelling of leeg'.

## Green Hmong
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 藍 (lɑm, “green, blue, grue”). Historically there was no distinction between green and blue.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /lẽ˧˩̤/

### Adjective

leeg
* green
* blue
* grue

#### Usage notes

* This word is mostly used in Green Hmong loanwords of Chinese origin, and mostly in compound words.

## North Frisian
### Pronunciation

* jooge (Mooring)
* löög (Sylt)

### Etymology

From Old Frisian liāga, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą.

### Pronunciation

* (Föhr-Amrum) IPA: [ˈleːç]

### Verb

leeg
* (Sylt) to lie, tell an untruth

#### Conjugation
## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* laeg
* lieg, liig

### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *liqəʀ (cf. Bikol Central liog, Bolinao liey, Cebuano liog, Maguindanao lig, Maranao lig, Tausug liug), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ (cf. Malay leher, Hawaiian leo (“voice”), Maori reo (“voice; language”), Tetum lian (“voice; language”)), from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ (cf. Amis li'el).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /leˈʔeɡ/ [lɛˈʔɛɡ̚]
** Rhymes: -eɡ
* (now dialectal, Rizal, Southern Tagalog) IPA: /ˈleʔeɡ/ [ˈlɛː.ʔɛɡ̚]
** Rhymes: -eʔeɡ
* Syllabification: le‧eg

### Noun

leég (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜁᜄ᜔)
* (anatomy) neck
* part of a garment that covers or encircles the neck

#### Derived terms

* hawak sa leeg
* leegan

### Further reading

* “leeg”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## West Flemish
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch laech, from Old Dutch *lāg, from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈleːɦ/
* Rhymes: -eːɦ

### Adjective

leeg (comparative leger, superlative leegst)
* lazy

## White Hmong
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 藍 (lɑm, “green, blue, grue”). Historically there was no distinction between green and blue.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lẽ˧˩̤/

### Adjective

leeg
* green
* blue
* grue

#### Usage notes

* This word is mostly used in White Hmong loanwords of Chinese origin, and mostly in compound words.