"lui" meaning in Dutch

See lui in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /lœy̯/ Audio: Nl-lui.ogg
Etymology: From Middle Dutch loy, from Proto-Germanic *lujaz. further etymology unsure. May be cognate with the Old Norse adjective lúinn (“exhausted”). Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut off, separate, free”), source of Proto-Germanic *lausaz, Albanian lirë. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|loy}} Middle Dutch loy, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*lujaz}} Proto-Germanic *lujaz, {{der|nl|ine-pro|*lewH-|t=to cut off, separate, free}} Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut off, separate, free”), {{cog|gem-pro|*lausaz}} Proto-Germanic *lausaz, {{cog|sq|lirë}} Albanian lirë Head templates: {{nl-adj}} lui (comparative luier, superlative luist) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj}} Forms: luier [comparative], luist [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], lui [adverbial, positive, predicative], luier [adverbial, comparative, predicative], het luist [adverbial, predicative, superlative], het luiste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], luie [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], luiere [comparative, feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], luiste [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular, superlative], lui [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], luier [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], luiste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], luie [indefinite, plural, positive], luiere [comparative, indefinite, plural], luiste [indefinite, plural, superlative], luie [definite, positive], luiere [comparative, definite], luiste [definite, superlative], luis [partitive, positive], luiers [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]
  1. lazy
    Sense id: en-lui-nl-adj-gf1n0C9n Derived forms: liever lui dan moe, luiaard, luibak, luie donder, luie stoel, luierik, luiheid, luilak, luilap, luilekker, luiwammes, luizak
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /lœy̯/ Audio: Nl-lui.ogg Forms: luitjes [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: Short form of luiden, a variant of lieden. Head templates: {{nl-noun|p|-|-tjes}} lui pl (plural only, diminutive luitjes n)
  1. Alternative form of lieden Tags: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only Alternative form of: lieden Derived forms: wijlui, gijlui, zijlui, jongelui
    Sense id: en-lui-nl-noun-Av5u9ueZ Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch pluralia tantum Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Dutch pluralia tantum: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "form": "luis",
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      "form": "luiers",
      "source": "declension",
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        "partitive"
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
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          "word": "liever lui dan moe"
        },
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          "word": "luiaard"
        },
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          "word": "luibak"
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          "word": "luie donder"
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        {
          "word": "luie stoel"
        },
        {
          "word": "luierik"
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        {
          "word": "luiheid"
        },
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          "word": "luilak"
        },
        {
          "word": "luilap"
        },
        {
          "word": "luilekker"
        },
        {
          "word": "luiwammes"
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          "word": "luizak"
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          "word": "wijlui"
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          "word": "gijlui"
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      "word": "liever lui dan moe"
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    {
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    {
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      "form": "het luist",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "audio": "Nl-lui.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/Nl-lui.ogg/Nl-lui.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Nl-lui.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lui"
}

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