liga

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪɡa]

liga f

1. league (organization of sports teams)

• “liga”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “liga”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From Proto-Central-Pacific *liŋa, variant of *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

liga

1. (anatomy) hand

liga

1. inflection of ligar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Medieval Latin liga.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈliɡɒ]
• Hyphenation: li‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɡɒ

liga (plural ligák)

1. league

• ligás

• liga in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Borrowed from Dutch liga, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin ligō (“I tie”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈliɡa/ [ˈli.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: li‧ga

liga (plural liga-liga)

1. league

   Synonyms: perserikatan, persekutuan

• “liga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• P. Wayong, Djenen, Tuti (1984) Daftar Istilah Pengetahuan Sosial [Social Sciences Glossary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, page 68

• gali
• gila
• lagi

Regional variants of liga

North Karelian (Viena)	lika
South Karelian (Tver)	liga

From Proto-Finnic *lika. Cognates include Finnish lika and Estonian liga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʲiɡɑ/
• Hyphenation: li‧ga

liga (genitive ligan, partitive ligua)

1. (South Karelian) muck, dirt

Tver Karelian declension of liga (type 4/kala no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	liga	ligat
genitive	ligan	ligoin
partitive	ligua	ligoida
illative	ligah	ligoih
inessive	ligašša	ligoissa
elative	ligašta	ligoista
adessive	ligalla	ligoilla
ablative	ligalda	ligoilda
translative	ligakši	ligoiksi
essive	ligana	ligoina
comitative	liganke	ligoinke
abessive	ligatta	ligoitta

Possessive forms of liga
1st person	ligani
2nd person	ligaš
3rd person	ligah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “liga”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈlɪ.ɡaː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈliː.ɡa]

ligā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ligō

• "liga", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• liga in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“illness”).

liga f (4th declension)

1. disease

• slimība f

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“illness”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /lʲɪˈɡɐ/

ligà f (plural li̇̀gos) stress pattern 4

1. illness

• IPA^(key): /ˈliː.jɑ/

līġa

1. genitive plural of līġ

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́nga (“search for, watch for, desire”).

-líga

1. to try, to tempt

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ɡa/

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• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: li‧ga

liga f

1. league (a group or association of cooperating members)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

liga

1. third-person singular present of ligać

• liga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• liga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: li‧ga

From ligar (“to unite; to bind”), from Latin ligāre (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).

liga f (plural ligas)

1. alloy (metal combined of more elements)

   Hyponyms: aço, amálgama, bronze, ferro fundido, latão

2. league; group; association

   Synonyms: aliança, associação, coligação, confederação, facção, grupo, pacto, partido, união

3. league (organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship)

   Synonym: confederação

4. (uncountable) connection (act of connecting)

   Synonyms: conexão, ligação, ligamento

   Antonyms: desconexão, desligamento

5. garter (band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking)

   Synonym: jarreteira

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

liga

1. inflection of ligar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Spanish, Italian lega.

• IPA^(key): /lǐːɡa/
• Hyphenation: li‧ga

líga f (Cyrillic spelling ли́га)

1. league (politics, sports, general)

• “liga”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): /lìːɡa/

líga f

1. league (organization of sports teams)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	líga
gen. sing.	líge
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	líga	lígi	líge
genitive (rodȋlnik)	líge	líg	líg
dative (dajȃlnik)	lígi	lígama	lígam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	lígo	lígi	líge
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	lígi	lígah	lígah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	lígo	lígama	lígami

• IPA^(key): /ˈliɡa/ [ˈli.ɣ̞a]

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• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: li‧ga

Deverbal from ligar.

liga f (plural ligas)

1. (politics, general) league
2. band; suspender (UK), garter (US)

   Synonyms: tirante, jarretera

3. (metallurgy) alloy, mixture

   Synonym: aleación

4. elastic band

   Synonym: elástico

5. mistletoe

   Synonym: muérdago

6. (Mexico) hair tie, ponytail holder, ponytailer, hair elastic, bobble, hair boble

   Synonyms: (Spain) goma, (Argentina, Colombia) colita, (Chile) colet, colero

• → German: Liga

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

liga

1. inflection of ligar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “liga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

liga class V (plural maliga class VI)

1. poison

-liga (infinitive kuliga)

1. to poison

Conjugation of -liga
Positive present -naliga Subjunctive -lige Negative -ligi Imperative singular liga
Infinitives
Positive kuliga Negative kutoliga
Imperatives
Singular liga Plural ligeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huliga Positive past positive subject concord + -liliga Negative past negative subject concord + -kuliga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naliga) Singular Plural 1st person ninaliga/naliga tunaliga 2nd person unaliga mnaliga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) analiga wanaliga other classes positive subject concord + -naliga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ligi) Singular Plural 1st person siligi hatuligi 2nd person huligi hamligi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haligi hawaligi other classes negative subject concord + -ligi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taliga Negative future negative subject concord + -taliga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lige) Singular Plural 1st person nilige tulige 2nd person ulige mlige 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alige walige other classes positive subject concord + -lige
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silige Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeliga Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeliga Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliliga Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliliga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aliga) Singular Plural 1st person naliga twaliga 2nd person waliga mwaliga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aliga waliga m-mi(III/IV) waliga yaliga ji-ma(V/VI) laliga yaliga ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaliga vyaliga n(IX/X) yaliga zaliga u(XI) waliga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaliga pa(XVI) paliga mu(XVIII) mwaliga
Perfect positive subject concord + -meliga "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaliga "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaliga "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiliga "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoliga Consecutive kaliga / positive subject concord + -kaliga Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalige
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niliga -tuliga 2nd person -kuliga -waliga/-kuligeni/-waligeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mliga -waliga m-mi(III/IV) -uliga -iliga ji-ma(V/VI) -liliga -yaliga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiliga -viliga n(IX/X) -iliga -ziliga u(XI) -uliga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuliga pa(XVI) -paliga mu(XVIII) -muliga Reflexive -jiliga
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -liga- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -ligaye -ligao m-mi(III/IV) -ligao -ligayo ji-ma(V/VI) -ligalo -ligayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ligacho -ligavyo n(IX/X) -ligayo -ligazo u(XI) -ligao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -ligako pa(XVI) -ligapo mu(XVIII) -ligamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -liga) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeliga -oliga m-mi(III/IV) -oliga -yoliga ji-ma(V/VI) -loliga -yoliga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choliga -vyoliga n(IX/X) -yoliga -zoliga u(XI) -oliga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koliga pa(XVI) -poliga mu(XVIII) -moliga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

From French ligue, from Latin ligāre (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ-.

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liga c

1. a gang
2. (sports) a league

• gangsterliga

• liga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• liga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• liga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• liga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Borrowed from Spanish liga.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈliɡa/ [ˈliː.ɣɐ]
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: li‧ga

liga (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄ)

1. league; alliance; union

   Synonyms: unyon, kaisahan

2. association

   Synonyms: samahan, kapisanan, asosasyon

3. seasonal athletics competition

   Synonym: paligsahan

• lagi, ilag, Ilag, Gail