lyse

Back-formation from lysis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪz/, /ˈlaɪs/
• Rhymes: -aɪz, -aɪs
• Homophones: lies, lice

lyse (third-person singular simple present lyses, present participle lysing, simple past and past participle lysed)

1. (biology) To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis.
2. (biochemistry) To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis.

• Slye, leys, lyes, sely, sley, syle

• lise

From lysë.

lyse f

1. stream

• lis

• IPA^(key): /lyːsə/, [ˈlyːsə]

From Old Danish lysæ, liusæ, from Old Norse lýsa, from Proto-Germanic *liuhsijaną. Derived from *leuhsaz (“light”, adjective) and/or *leuhsą (“light”, noun).

lyse (imperative lys, infinitive at lyse, present tense lyser, past tense lyste, perfect tense har lyst)

1. to shine
2. to give out light
3. to register
4. (religion) to declare (a wedding or a ban)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lyse

1. definite singular of lys
2. plural of lys

• Homophones: lysent, lyses

lyse f (plural lyses)

1. (chemistry) lysis

• lytique

lyse

1. inflection of lyser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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

lyse

1. ablative singular of lysis

• (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA^(key): [ˈlŷː.sɛ̝]

lyse

1. definite singular of lys
2. plural of lys

From Old Norse lýsa.

lyse (imperative lys, present tense lyser, passive lyses, simple past lyste, past participle lyst, present participle lysende)

1. to light

• avlyse
• belyse
• opplyse

• “lyse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

lyse (present tense lyser, past tense lyste, past participle lyst, passive infinitive lysast, present participle lysande, imperative lys)

1. e-infinitive form of lysa

• avlyse

lyse

1. definite singular of lys
2. plural of lys

Attested since 17th century.

lyse n (definite singular lyset, uncountable)

1. unboiled rotten fish liver oil

• grakse
• kole (“fish oil lamp”)
• tran (“fish liver oil”)

• “lyse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “lyse” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
• Torleiv Hannaas (1915) Ældre norske Sprogminder : Christen Jensøns Den Norske Dictionarium (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 50
• Erik Pontoppidan (1749) Glossarium Norvagicum (in Danish)

• IPA^(key): /ˈlyː.se/, [ˈlyː.ze]

lȳse

1. inflection of lȳsan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive

• IPA^(key): /²lyːsɛ/
• Rhymes: -²yːsɛ

lyse n

1. a light (lighting apparatus)

   cykellyse

   bicycle light

   Släck lyset!

   Turn off the light!

• lampa

• lyse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lyse in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lyse in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)