lys

lys

1. plural of ly

• YLS, Sly, YLs, YSL, sly, syl-

From Dutch lijst.

• IPA^(key): /ləis/

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lys (plural lyste, diminutive lysie)

1. list, record

• lis

A variant of lis.

lys (aorist lysa, participle lysur)

1. to pour

• lyse

• lot

Cognate with Welsh llys, Irish lios, and Breton lez

lys f (plural lysow)

1. (law) court

• IPA^(key): [ˈlyˀs]
• Rhymes: -yːˀs

From Old Danish lius, from Old Norse ljóss, from Proto-Germanic *leuhsaz.

lys (neuter lyst, plural and definite singular attributive lyse)

1. light, bright
2. (of hair) fair, blond
3. cheerful, sunny
4. high-pitched

From Old Danish lius, liys, from Old Norse ljós, from Proto-Germanic *leuhsą. Related to lue

lys n (singular definite lyset, plural indefinite lys)

1. light
2. candle

• lys on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lys

1. imperative of lyse

• IPA^(key): /lis/

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lys m (plural lys)

1. alternative spelling of lis (“lily”)

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

lys

1. plural of lous

From Danish lys, from Old Norse ljóss, from Proto-Germanic *leuhsaz.

• IPA^(key): /lyːs/
• (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA^(key): [l̺yːs]

lys (neuter singular lyst, definite singular and plural lyse, comparative lysere, indefinite superlative lysest, definite superlative lyseste)

1. light (not dark)
2. (hair) fair, blonde
3. (skin) fair
4. bright (e.g. person)

   en lys idé ― a bright idea

lys

1. light (in colour)

   lys blå ― light blue (blå being an adjective; however it can also be written as a compound: lyseblå)

From Danish lys, from Old Danish liūs, from Old Norse ljós, Proto-Germanic *leuhsą.

lys n (definite singular lyset, indefinite plural lys, definite plural lysa or lysene)

1. (uncountable) light

   se dagens lys ― see the light of day (be born, begin to exist)

2. (countable) a light

   levende lys, stearinlys ― a candle

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lys

1. imperative of lyse

• “lys” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• ljos

From Danish lys, perhaps via Norwegian Bokmål lys, from Old Danish liūs, from Old Norse ljós, Proto-Germanic *leuhsą.

• IPA^(key): /lyːs/

lys n (definite singular lyset, indefinite plural lys, definite plural lysa)

1. alternative form of ljos

From Danish lys, perhaps via Norwegian Bokmål lys, from Old Danish [Term?], from Old Norse ljóss, Proto-Germanic *leuhsaz.

lys (neuter lyst, definite singular and plural lyse, comparative lysare, indefinite superlative lysast, definite superlative lysaste)

1. alternative form of ljos

• lysebrun
• lysegrå
• lysegul

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lys

1. imperative of lysa

• “lys” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

lȳs

1. inflection of lūs:
   1. dative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

• Rhymes: -yːs

lys

1. imperative of lysa

• sly, syl, yls

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /lɨːs/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /liːs/

lys

1. soft mutation of llys