"lai" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English lai",
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    {
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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "lay"
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      "expansion": "lay",
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        "3": "lai",
        "4": "",
        "5": "song, lyric, poem"
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      "expansion": "Old French lai (“song, lyric, poem”)",
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        "3": "*laik, *laih",
        "t": "play, melody, song"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *laik, *laih (“play, melody, song”)",
      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*laikaz"
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*laikiz",
        "3": "",
        "4": "jump, play, dance, hymn"
      },
      "expansion": "*laikiz (“jump, play, dance, hymn”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leyg-",
        "t": "to jump, spring, play"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to jump, spring, play”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "leih",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a play, skit, melody, song"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German leih (“a play, skit, melody, song”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "leich",
        "3": "",
        "4": "piece of music, epic song played on a harp"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German leich (“piece of music, epic song played on a harp”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a dance"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks, “a dance”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "lācan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to move quickly, fence, sing"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lācan (“to move quickly, fence, sing”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lake"
      },
      "expansion": "lake",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English lai, lay, from Old French lai (“song, lyric, poem”), from Old Frankish *laik, *laih (“play, melody, song”), from Proto-Germanic *laikaz, *laikiz (“jump, play, dance, hymn”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to jump, spring, play”). Akin to Old High German leih (“a play, skit, melody, song”), Middle High German leich (“piece of music, epic song played on a harp”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks, “a dance”), Old English lācan (“to move quickly, fence, sing”). More at lake.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A mostly North European medieval form of lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance, with stanzas that do not repeat."
      ],
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        "(historical) A mostly North European medieval form of lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance, with stanzas that do not repeat."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "lai lai"
        },
        {
          "word": "lai see"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lay"
        }
      ],
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laɪ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Leigh"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lie"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lye"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lai"
}

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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "lai"
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      "expansion": "Middle English lai",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "lay"
      },
      "expansion": "lay",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "lai",
        "4": "",
        "5": "song, lyric, poem"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French lai (“song, lyric, poem”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*laik, *laih",
        "t": "play, melody, song"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *laik, *laih (“play, melody, song”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*laikiz",
        "3": "",
        "4": "jump, play, dance, hymn"
      },
      "expansion": "*laikiz (“jump, play, dance, hymn”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leyg-",
        "t": "to jump, spring, play"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "leih",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a play, skit, melody, song"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German leih (“a play, skit, melody, song”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "leich",
        "3": "",
        "4": "piece of music, epic song played on a harp"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German leich (“piece of music, epic song played on a harp”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a dance"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks, “a dance”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "lācan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to move quickly, fence, sing"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lācan (“to move quickly, fence, sing”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lake"
      },
      "expansion": "lake",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English lai, lay, from Old French lai (“song, lyric, poem”), from Old Frankish *laik, *laih (“play, melody, song”), from Proto-Germanic *laikaz, *laikiz (“jump, play, dance, hymn”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to jump, spring, play”). Akin to Old High German leih (“a play, skit, melody, song”), Middle High German leich (“piece of music, epic song played on a harp”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks, “a dance”), Old English lācan (“to move quickly, fence, sing”). More at lake.",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "lai lai"
    },
    {
      "word": "lai see"
    }
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        "Rhymes:English/aɪ"
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      ],
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        "(historical) A mostly North European medieval form of lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance, with stanzas that do not repeat."
      ],
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        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laɪ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Leigh"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lie"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lye"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lay"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lai"
}