"lig" meaning in Afrikaans

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Adjective

IPA: /ləχ/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-lig.wav Forms: ligte [attributive], ligter [comparative], ligste [superlative]
Etymology: From Dutch licht, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|licht}} Dutch licht, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*linhtaz}} Proto-Germanic *linhtaz Head templates: {{af-adj|ligte}} lig (attributive ligte, comparative ligter, superlative ligste)
  1. (of weight) light; not heavy
    Sense id: en-lig-af-adj-aQGzxh1a
  2. (figurative) slight; mild Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-lig-af-adj-xhRTD0hq Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 5 31 25 11 4 14 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: /ləχ/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-lig.wav Forms: ligte [attributive], ligter [comparative], ligste [superlative]
Etymology: From Dutch licht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą (noun) and *leuhtaz (adjective). Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|licht}} Dutch licht, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*leuhtą}} Proto-Germanic *leuhtą, {{m|gem-pro|*leuhtaz}} *leuhtaz Head templates: {{af-adj|ligte}} lig (attributive ligte, comparative ligter, superlative ligste)
  1. (of color or complexion) light; pale; not dark
    Sense id: en-lig-af-adj-dXJc0NRc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /ləχ/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-lig.wav Forms: ligte [plural]
Etymology: From Dutch licht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą (noun) and *leuhtaz (adjective). Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|licht}} Dutch licht, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*leuhtą}} Proto-Germanic *leuhtą, {{m|gem-pro|*leuhtaz}} *leuhtaz Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|ligte|||||||||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} lig (plural ligte), {{af-noun|ligte}} lig (plural ligte)
  1. light
    Sense id: en-lig-af-noun-macCYXLU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ləχ/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-lig.wav Forms: lig [present], ligtende [participle, present], gelig [participle, past]
Etymology: From Dutch lichten, derived from etymology 1. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|lichten}} Dutch lichten Head templates: {{af-verb|ligtende}} lig (present lig, present participle ligtende, past participle gelig)
  1. (transitive) to lift, to raise Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-lig-af-verb-Yk4I0i4G
  2. (transitive) to weigh (the anchor) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-lig-af-verb-3KvCOdot
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ləχ/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-lig.wav Forms: lig [present], ligtende [participle, present], gelig [participle, past]
Etymology: From Dutch lichten, from Proto-Germanic *liuhtijaną, derived from etymology 3. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|lichten}} Dutch lichten, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*liuhtijaną}} Proto-Germanic *liuhtijaną Head templates: {{af-verb|ligtende}} lig (present lig, present participle ligtende, past participle gelig)
  1. to shine; to be or become light Related terms: liggende
    Sense id: en-lig-af-verb-mhDZbP~Z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for lig meaning in Afrikaans (8.0kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Afrikaans dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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