liegt

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ixt

Verb

liegt

1. inflection of liegen:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːkt/ (standard)

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• IPA^(key): /liːçt/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
• Homophone: leakt (standard only)

Verb

liegt

1. inflection of liegen:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person plural present
   3. plural imperative

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *lieg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leig- (“to bend, to twist”) from *ley- (“to bend, to incline”) (whence also leja, q.v.) with an extra g. The original meaning was probably “to bend,” from which “to bend (so as to avoid),” then “to refuse,” “to deny” (cf. the reflexive form liegties, which still has similar meanings), then finally “to not allow, to prohibit.” It is possible that the reflexive form (or a derived form like aizliegt) served as a bridge, changing its meaning first and then affecting that of the non-reflexive liegt. Cognates include Lithuanian li̇́egti (“to be very sick, weakened”), nuli̇́egti (“to become tired”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [liɛ̂kt]

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Verb

liegt (transitive, 1st conjugation, present liedzu, liedz, liedz, past liedzu)

1. to refuse, to reject, to deny (a request, an offer, a right, the truth, etc.)

   liegt pabalstu ― to deny (someone) benefits, an allowance

   viņš sev nekā neliedz ― he doesn't refuse himself anything

   kādēļ viņš tik stūrgalvīgi liedza savu vainu? ― why did he deny his guilt so stubbornly?

   viņš pie darba bija gribējis palīdzēt, bet tēvs liedza ― he had wanted to help with the work, but (his) father refused

   visu šo laiku nopūlējusies, lai saņemtu atļauju dēla pārvešanai... ārsti liedzot ― all this time she had struggled to obtain a transfer permit for her son... (with) the doctors denying it

   bet naktsmājas taču mums neliegsiet? ― but surely you won't refuse us lodging for the night?

2. to not allow, to hinder, to prevent (something from happening)

   pilsētā nami liedz skrējienu brīvajam vējam ― in the city, the buildings prevent the wind from running (= blowing) freely

   aizspriedumi lauku sievietēm liedza piedalīties sabiedriskos pasākumos ― prejudice prevented country women from participating in public events

3. (dated sense) to not allow to marry, to not give in marriage

   un tad tu man Kristīnes neliegsi? ― so you will not deny me Kristīne (= not prevent me from marrying Kristīne)?

Conjugation

Conjugation of liegt

	indicative (īstenības izteiksme)					imperative (pavēles izteiksme)
		present (tagadne)	past (pagātne)		future (nākotne)
1st person sg	es	liedzu	liedzu		liegšu	—
2nd person sg	tu	liedz	liedzi		liegsi	liedz
3rd person sg	viņš, viņa	liedz	liedza		liegs	lai liedz
1st person pl	mēs	liedzam	liedzām		liegsim	liegsim
2nd person pl	jūs	liedzat	liedzāt		liegsiet, liegsit	liedziet
3rd person pl	viņi, viņas	liedz	liedza		liegs	lai liedz
renarrative (atstāstījuma izteiksme)				participles (divdabji)
present	liedzot			present active 1 (adj.)		liedzošs
past	esot liedzis			present active 2 (adv.)		liegdams
future	liegšot			present active 3 (adv.)		liedzot
imperative	lai liedzot			present active 4 (obj.)		liedzam
conditional (vēlējuma izteiksme)				past active		liedzis
present	liegtu			present passive		liedzams
past	būtu liedzis			past passive		liegts
debitive (vajadzības izteiksme)				nominal forms
indicative	(būt) jāliedz			infinitive (nenoteiksme)		liegt
conjunctive 1	esot jāliedz			negative infinitive		neliegt
conjunctive 2	jāliedzot			verbal noun		liegšana

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:

• aizliegt
• noliegt

other derived terms

• liegties
• liegums