# lie
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laɪ̯/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪ
* Homophones: lye, lai, Leigh (some placenames)

### Etymology 1

From Middle English lien, liggen, from Old English liċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.
Cognate with West Frisian lizze, Dutch liggen, German liegen, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ligge, Swedish ligga, Icelandic, Faroese and Norwegian Nynorsk liggja, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan); and with Latin lectus (“bed”), Irish luí, Russian лежа́ть (ležátʹ), Albanian lag (“troop, band, encampment”).
As a noun for position, the noun has the same etymology above as the verb.

#### Verb

lie (third-person singular simple present lies, present participle lying, simple past lay or (colloquial) laid, past participle lain or (colloquial) laid or (obsolete) lien) (see usage notes)
* (intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
    The book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 68:13:Though ye haue lien among the pots, yet shall yee bee as the wings of a doue, couered with siluer, and her feathers with yellow gold.
** 1660, [John] Dryden, Astraea Redux:The watchful traveller […] / Lay down again, and closed his weary eyes.
** 1849, Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers:Our uninquiring corpses lie more low / Than our life's curiosity doth go.
** 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid:The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.
* (intransitive) To be placed or situated.
** 1988, Robin D. S. Yates, “Selected Translations”, in Washing Silk: The Life and Selected Poetry of Wei Chuang (834?-910)‎, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 100:Ying-yang county lies 70 li southwest of the modern Teng-feng county, Honan.
** 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
** 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
* (intransitive, copulative) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
    to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hidden; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves
    The paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
* Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
** c. 1690, Jeremy Collier, Of Envy:Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances.
** 1693, [John Locke], “§2016”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labour, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen.
* Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 39:7:And it came to passe after these things, that his masters wife cast her eyes vpon Ioseph, and shee said, Lie with me.
* Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
* (archaic) To lodge; to sleep.
** 1632, John Evelyn, diary, entry 21 October 1632:While I was now trifling at home, I saw London, […] where I lay one night only.
** 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 10, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night.
* To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
** c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC,:The Wind is lowd, and will not lie till the Ship be cleard of the dead.
* (law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
** 1737, Cart against Marsh (legal case)
    An appeal lies in this case from the ordinary to the arches.

##### Usage notes

See the usage notes of lay.

##### Conjugation

$^†$ Archaic or obsolete.

##### Derived terms

* beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder
* deep-lying
* devil lies in the details
* forlie
* here lies
* if you lie with dogs you will get fleas
* let lie
* let sleeping dogs lie
* let the sleeping dogs lie
* lie above
* lie ahead
* lie around
* lie at one's door
* lie at one's heart
* lie at someone's door
* lie at someone's heart
* lie back
* lie before
* lie behind
* lie by
* lie doggo
* lie down
* lie ill in one's mouth
* lie in
* lie-in
* lie in ambush
* lie in honor
* lie in repose
* lie in state
* lie in the bed one has made
* lie in the way
* lie in wait
* lie like a rug
* lie low
* lie off
* lie on the oars
* lie over
* lie to
* lie upon
* lie waste
* lie with
* love-lies-bleeding
* make one's bed and lie in it
* see how the land lies
* sit-lie
* that way madness lies
* therein lies the rub
* there lies the rub
* uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
* you make the bed you lie in

##### Related terms

* lay, a corresponding transitive version of this word
* lees
* lier

##### Translations
#### Noun

lie (plural lies)
* (golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
* (disc golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
* (medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.
* A manner of lying; relative position.
* An animal's lair.

##### Derived terms

* lie of the land

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Middle English lien (“to lie, tell a falsehood”), from Old English lēogan (“to lie”), from Proto-West Germanic *leugan, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą (“to lie”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to lie, swear, bemoan”).
Cognate with West Frisian lige (“to lie”), Low German legen, lögen (“to lie”), Dutch liegen (“to lie”), German lügen (“to lie”), Norwegian ljuge/lyge (“to lie”), Danish lyve (“to lie”), Swedish ljuga (“to lie”), and more distantly with Bulgarian лъжа (lǎža, “to lie”), Polish łgać (“to lie”), Russian лгать (lgatʹ, “to lie”), ложь (ložʹ, “falsehood”).

#### Verb

lie (third-person singular simple present lies, present participle lying, simple past and past participle lied)
* (intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
    When Pinocchio lies, his nose grows.
    If you are found to have lied in court, you could face a penalty.
    Don't lie to me!
** 2003, “The Package”, performed by A Perfect Circle:Lie to get what I came for Lie to get just what I need Lie to get what I crave Lie and smile to get what's mine
* (intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.
    Photographs often lie.
* (intransitive, colloquial) To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.
    Sorry, I haven't seen your keys anywhere...wait, I lied! They're right there on the coffee table.

##### Conjugation

$^†$ Archaic or obsolete.

##### Synonyms

* prevaricate

##### Derived terms

* belie
* can't lie
* I can't lie
* I'm not going to lie
* liar
* lie along
* lie by omission
* lie in one's throat
* lie like a cheap rug
* lie like a cheap watch
* lie like a dog
* lie through one's teeth
* prophe-lie
* the camera never lies

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

From Middle English lie, from Old English lyġe (“lie, falsehood”), from Proto-Germanic *lugiz (“lie, falsehood”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to tell lies, swear, complain”). Cognate with Old Saxon luggi (“a lie”), Old High German lugī, lugin (“a lie”) (German Lüge), Danish løgn (“a lie”), Bulgarian лъжа́ (lǎžá, “а lie”), Russian ложь (ložʹ, “а lie”), Czech lež (“a lie”), Middle Polish łeż (“a lie”), Serbo-Croatian laž (“a lie”).

#### Noun

lie (plural lies)
* An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
    Synonyms: alternative fact, deception, fabrication, falsehood, fib, leasing, nonsense, prevarication, tall tale, whopper; see also Thesaurus:lie
    Antonym: truth
    I knew he was telling a lie by his facial expression.
** 1840 May 5, Thomas Carlyle, “Lecture I. The Hero as Divinity. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology.”, in On Heroes, Hero-Worship and The Heroic in History, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1840, →OCLC, page 4:Man everywhere is the born enemy of lies.
* A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true.
    Synonym: half-truth
* (by extension) Anything that misleads or disappoints.
** 1835, Richard Chenevix Trench, the Story of Justin Martyr:Wishing this lie of life was o'er.
** 2007, Erik Wolpaw, Chet Faliszek, Portal:The cake is a lie.

##### Derived terms

* a lie can run around the world before the truth can get its boots on
* a lie has no legs
* barefaced lie
* belie
* big lie
* blue lie
* butler lie
* don't tell a lie
* give lie to
* give one the lie in one's throat
* give someone the lie in their throat
* give the lie
* give the lie to
* I'm telling a lie
* I tell a lie
* lie bump
* lie detection
* lie detector
* lie like a rug
* little white lie
* live a lie
* noble lie
* no word of a lie
* pack of lies
* put lie to
* put the lie to
* put to lie
* self-lie
* sex, lies and videotape
* the cake is a lie
* where's the lie
* white lie
* without a word of a lie
* zombie lie

##### Translations

Adyghe: пцӏы (pcʼə)
Afrikaans: leuen
Albanian: gënjeshtër (sq) f ,rren (sq)(gheg)
Amharic: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: كَذْبَة f (kaḏba), كِذْبَة f (kiḏba), كِذْب (ar) m (kiḏb), كِذْب (ar) m (kiḏb)
Moroccan: كدبة (kədba)
Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: սուտ (hy) (sut)
Aromanian: minciunã f
Assamese: মিছা কথা (misa kotha), ফাঁকি (phãki), মিছা (misa)
Asturian: mentira f
Aymara: k'ari
Azerbaijani: yalan (az)
Baluchi: دروگ (darog)
Bashkir: ялған (yalğan)
Basque: gezur (eu)
Belarusian: хлусня́ f (xlusnjá), няпра́ўда f (njapráŭda), брахня́ f (braxnjá)
Bengali: মিথ্যা (bn) (mittha), মিছা (bn) (micha)
Breton: gaou (br) m
Bulgarian: лъжа́ (bg) f (lǎžá)
Burmese: မုသား (my) (mu.sa:), အလှိုင်း (my) (a.hluing:)
Catalan: mentida (ca) f
Cebuano: bakak
Chechen: аьшпаш (äšpaš), пуьчаш (püčaš)
Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
Chichewa: bodza
Chinese:
Mandarin: 謊言 / 谎言 (zh) (huǎngyán), 假話 / 假话 (zh) (jiǎhuà)
Cornish: gow m
Crimean Tatar: yalan
Czech: lež (cs) f
Dalmatian: bosca f
Danish: løgn (da)
Dongxiang: ghudan
Dutch: leugen (nl) f
East Yugur: ghudal
Egyptian: (grg)
Esperanto: mensogo, malvero
Estonian: vale, väär
Evenki: улэк (ulək)
Ewe: alakpadada, aʋatsokaka
Faroese: lygn f
Finnish: vale (fi) (informal), valhe (fi), potaska (fi) (informal), pöty (fi) (informal), lööperi (fi) (informal), palturi (fi) (informal), puppu (fi) (informal), luikuri (fi) (informal), fuula (fi) (slang)
French: mensonge (fr) m
Friulian: bausìe, bùzare, gàbule, bausie f
Gagauz: yalan
Galician: mintira f, loia (gl) f, bouba (gl) f, caroca (gl) f, grilla f, alburgada f, broza f, drola f, menzoña f, escocha f, mentira (gl) f
Georgian: სიცრუე (sicrue)
German: Lüge (de) f
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲 n (galiug)
Greek: ψέμα (el) n (pséma)
Ancient: ψεῦδος m (pseûdos)
Greenlandic: sallu
Gujarati: જૂઠું n (jūṭhũ)
Hausa: please add this translation if you can
Hawaiian: punipuni, wahaheʻe
Hebrew: שֶׁקֶר (he) m (shéker), כָּזָב (he) m (kazáv) (formally)
Hindi: झूठ (hi) m (jhūṭh), मिथ्या (hi) (mithyā), अबद्ध (hi) m (abaddh), असत्य (hi) m (asatya)
Hungarian: hazugság (hu)
Icelandic: lygi (is)
Ido: mentio (io)
Ilocano: ulbod
Indonesian: bohong (id), kebohongan (id)
Interlingua: mendacio, mentita (ia)
Irish: bréag (ga) f
Old Irish: bréc f, gáu f
Italian: bugia (it) f, menzogna (it) f, frottola (it) f, baggianata (it) f, fola (it) f, balla (it) f, fandonia (it) f
Japanese: 嘘 (ja) (うそ, uso), 虚言 (ja) (きょげん, kyogen)
Javanese: goroh (jv)
Kabardian: пцӏы (kbd) (pcʼə)
Kalmyk: худл (xudl)
Kapampangan: kalaraman, kelaraman
Karachay-Balkar: ётюрюк (yotürük), жалгъан (jalğan), джалгъан (calğan)
Kazakh: жалған (jalğan), өтірік (ötırık)
Khakas: чой (çoy), тайма (tayma)
Khiamniungan Naga: yâng
Khmer: កុហក (km) (kohɑk)
Kikuyu: iheeni class 5
Korean: 거짓말 (ko) (geojinmal)
Kumyk: ялгъан (yalğan)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: درۆ (ckb) (dro)
Northern Kurdish: derew (ku) f, virr (ku) f
Kyrgyz: жалган (ky) (jalgan), калп (ky) (kalp), төгүн (ky) (tögün)
Lao: ມຸສາ (mu sā)
Latin: mendācium n
Latvian: meli (lv) m pl
Lithuanian: melas (lt)
Low German:
German Low German: Löög f
Luxembourgish: Ligen f
Macedonian: лага (mk) f (laga)
Malay: penipuan
Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
Maori: kōpeka
Marathi: खोटे n (khoṭe)
Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭣𐭡𐭠 (kdbʾ /⁠drôg⁠/)
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: худал (mn) (xudal)
Navajo: yoochʼííd
Ngazidja Comorian: ndrabo class 9/10
Northern Sami: gielis
Norwegian:
Bokmål: løgn m or f, usannhet n (untruth)
Nynorsk: løgn f, lygn f
Occitan: messorga (oc) f, messonja f, mensònja f, mensònega f, mentida (oc) f, mentit
Odia: please add this translation if you can
Old Occitan: menzonga
Old Persian: 𐎭𐎼𐎢𐎥 (d-r-u-g /⁠drauga⁠/)
Oromo: kijiba, soba
Ottoman Turkish: یالان (yalan)
Papiamentu: mentira
Pashto: درواغ (ps) m (darwãǧ), دروغ (ps) m (droǧ)
Persian: دروغ (fa) (doruğ)
Plautdietsch: Lieej f
Polish: kłamstwo (pl) n
Portuguese: mentira (pt) f
Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
Quechua: llulla
Romanian: minciună (ro) f
Romansch: manzegna f (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan), manzigna f (Surmiran), manzögna f (Puter, Vallader)
Russian: ложь (ru) f (ložʹ), непра́вда (ru) f (neprávda), враньё (ru) n (vranʹjó), обма́н (ru) m (obmán), вра́ки (ru) f pl (vráki) (colloquial), брехня́ (ru) f (brexnjá) (colloquial)
Sanskrit: मिथ्या (sa) (mithyā), असत्य (sa) n (asatya)
Sardinian: fàba f, fàbula f, fàula f, catòcia f
Scottish Gaelic: breug f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ла̑ж f, нѐистина f
Roman: lȃž (sh) f, nèistina (sh) f
Shor: тайба (tayba), чой (çoy)
Sicilian: minzonga f, buggìa (scn) f, bugìa (scn) f, fandonia (scn) f, fanfonia (scn) f, nfanfonia (scn) f
Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: klamstvo n, lož f
Slovene: laž (sl) f
Somali: please add this translation if you can
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: łdganje n, łdža f
Sotho: leshano
Southern Altai: тӧгӱн (tögün)
Spanish: mentira (es) f, embuste (es) m, cáshpira f (El Salvador), ñanga (es) f (Peru), chaira (es) f (El Salvador), guashca f (El Salvador), guáshpira f (El Salvador)
Swabian: Luag f, Liag f
Swedish: lögn (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠝꠤꠍꠣ (misá), ꠝꠤꠍꠣ ꠝꠣꠔ (misá mat)
Tagalog: kasinungalingan
Tajik: дурӯғ (tg) (durüġ)
Tamil: பொய் (ta) (poy), தவரு (tavaru)
Tatar: ялган (yalgan), ялганлык (tt) (yalganlıq), алдак (tt) (aldaq)
Telugu: అబద్ధం (te) (abaddhaṁ)
Thai: คำโกหก (kam-goh-hòk), โกหก (th) (goo-hòk), กุ (th) (gù)
Tocharian B: waike
Turkish: yalan (tr), martaval (tr) (slang), palavra (tr) (slang)
Turkmen: ýalan
Tuvan: меге (mege)
Ukrainian: брехня́ (uk) f (brexnjá), непра́вда f (neprávda)
Urdu: جھوٹ m (jhūṭh), متھیا (mithyā)
Uyghur: يالغان (ug) (yalghan), يالغانچىلىق (yalghanchiliq)
Uzbek: yolgʻon (uz)
Vietnamese: lời nói dối (vi)
Volapük: lug (vo), (pack of) lug e cüt
Walloon: minte (wa) f, boude (wa) f, mintreye (wa) f
Warray: kaga'
Welsh: celwydd (cy) m, anwiredd (cy) m
Yakut: сымыйа (sımıya)
Yiddish: ליגן m (lign), שקר m (sheker), כּזבֿ m (kozev)
Zhuang: byangz, vahbyangz :

### Further reading

* lie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* EIL, ile-, Eli, Ile, -ile, lei, Lei., Lei, %ile, ELI, ile

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlie̯(ˣ)/, [ˈlie̞̯(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ie
* Hyphenation: lie

### Verb

lie
* (dialectal) third-person singular potential present of olla
    Se on missä lie.It's somewhere. / I wonder where it is.
    Tai mitä lie ovatkaan.Or whatever they are.
    Kyllä asia lie juuri näin.Yes, the thing supposedly is just like that.

#### Usage notes

* This form is commonly used in certain dialects, like the North Karelian dialect, and is also quite common colloquially in other regions. In standard Finnish, the word is only used in highly literary or solemn contexts. Can be used with any person. As a main verb, the form simply occurs in present tense. As an auxiliary verb form, it may take place in the perfect tense form of any verb. In dialectal use, the form can typically be seen in both direct and indirect questions.

#### Synonyms

* lienee

#### Derived terms

* mikälie

### Further reading

* “lie”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-12-01

### Anagrams

* eli, lei

## French
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French lie, from Early Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligyā, *legyā (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”).

#### Noun

lie f (plural lies)
* lees, dregs (of wine, of society)

##### Derived terms

* boire le calice jusqu’à la lie

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

lie
* inflection of lier:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* île

## Mandarin
### Romanization

lie (lie$^5$ / lie$^0$, Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄧㄝ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咧
lie
* Nonstandard spelling of liē.
* Nonstandard spelling of lié.
* Nonstandard spelling of liě.
* Nonstandard spelling of liè.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Old French
### Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligyā, *legyā (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”).

### Noun

lie oblique singular, f (oblique plural lies, nominative singular lie, nominative plural lies)
* dregs; mostly solid, undesirable leftovers of a drink

#### Descendants

* → English: lees

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *līwanks (compare *līwos), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w- (“stone”) (compare Ancient Greek λᾶας (lâas, “stone”), Albanian lerë (“boulder”)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈl͈ʲi.e/

### Noun

lie m (genitive lïac or lïacc)
* a stone
** c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4$^d$15
    In Belzefuth: is béss didu ind lïacc benir il-béim friss, et intí do·thuit foir ɔ·boing a chnámi, intí fora tuit-som immurgu at·bail-side.The Beelzebub: it is the custom, then, of the stone that many blows are hit against it, and he who falls upon it breaks his bones; however, he whom it falls on perishes
** c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 65$^a$1
    Níbu machdath do·rónta día dind lïac.It was not a wonder that a god would be made of the stone.

#### Declension

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

#### Descendants

* → Breton: liac'h
* Middle Irish: lía
** Irish: lia

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lía”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Portuguese
### Verb

lie
* inflection of liar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Verb

lie
* first-person singular preterite indicative of liar

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish līe, lē, from Old Norse lé, from Proto-Germanic *lewô, from Proto-Indo-European *leu- (“to cut”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈliːˌɛ/

### Noun

lie c
* scythe; an instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like.

#### Related terms

* lieblad
* liehugg
* lieknagg
* lieknagge
* lieman
* lieorv
* lieskaft
* lietag

### References

* lie in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)