ly

ly (plural lys)

1. (astronomy) Abbreviation of light year.

• LY
• lightyear

• kly
• Mly
• Gly

• psc
• pc

• -yl, YL

From Dutch lijden, from Middle Dutch liden, from Old Dutch līthan, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną.

• IPA^(key): [lə̟i̯]

• Audio:

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• Homophone: lei

ly (present ly, present participle lydende or (rare) lyende, past participle gely)

1. to suffer

   Synonym: (informal) suffer

• oorly

From Old Norse hlý, derived from the adjective hlýr.

• IPA^(key): /lyːˀ/

ly n (singular definite lyet, not used in plural form)

1. shelter

• husly
• nattely
• skattely

• “ly” in Den Danske Ordbog

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈj]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈɛlːipsilon], [ˈɛjː]

ly (lower case, upper case Ly)

1. The twentieth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ellipszilon and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

• ly 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.

• li

Ultimately from Latin ille, probably reborrowed from a vernacular Romance language.

ly (definite) (Medieval Latin)

1. the (only in very specific circumstances)
   • 13th c., Thomas Aquinas, Scriptum super Sententiis

     Quia ly "se" potest esse ablativi casus...

     Since the "se" can be in the ablative case...

• In nearly all circumstances, Latin does not use articles. "Ly" is not used to indicate the definiteness of a noun, but rather to indicate that the following word is being mentioned rather than used. As such, "ly <word>" can be accurately translated as "the word <word>" in most cases. "Ly" is only found in medieval and later Latin.

• IPA^(key): /lyː/

ly n (definite singular lyet, indefinite plural ly, definite plural lya or lyene)

1. shelter

From Old Norse hlýr (“lukewarm”), from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz. The noun is from Old Norse hlý (“warmth”).

• IPA^(key): /lyː/

ly n (definite singular lyet, indefinite plural ly, definite plural lya)

1. shelter

ly (masculine and feminine ly, neuter lytt, definite singular and plural lye, comparative lyare, indefinite superlative lyast, definite superlative lyaste)

1. lukewarm
2. mild

ly

1. imperative of lya

• “ly” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

ly

1. Alternative spelling of li.