"lig" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lɪɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lig.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ligs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡ Etymology: From Middle English liggen, from Old English licgan (“to lie, be situated, be at rest, remain”) and Old Norse liggja (“to lie”). More at lie. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|liggen}} Middle English liggen, {{inh|en|ang|licgan||to lie, be situated, be at rest, remain}} Old English licgan (“to lie, be situated, be at rest, remain”), {{der|en|non|liggja||to lie}} Old Norse liggja (“to lie”), {{l|en|lie}} lie Head templates: {{en-noun}} lig (plural ligs)
  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A lie; an untruth. Tags: UK, obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-lig-en-noun-4NSVY43G Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 35 32

Verb

IPA: /lɪɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lig.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ligs [present, singular, third-person], ligging [participle, present], ligged [past], lag [past], lay [past], ligged [participle, past], laggen [participle, past], lain [participle, past]
Rhymes: -ɪɡ Etymology: From Middle English liggen, from Old English licgan (“to lie, be situated, be at rest, remain”) and Old Norse liggja (“to lie”). More at lie. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|liggen}} Middle English liggen, {{inh|en|ang|licgan||to lie, be situated, be at rest, remain}} Old English licgan (“to lie, be situated, be at rest, remain”), {{der|en|non|liggja||to lie}} Old Norse liggja (“to lie”), {{l|en|lie}} lie Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=lag|past3=lay|past_ptc2=laggen|past_ptc3=lain}} lig (third-person singular simple present ligs, present participle ligging, simple past ligged or lag or lay, past participle ligged or laggen or lain)
  1. (intransitive, UK dialectal, obsolete) To lie; be in a prostrate or recumbent position. Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-lig-en-verb-S22WC9kY Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 35 32
  2. (transitive, UK dialectal, obsolete) To lay. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-lig-en-verb-kgdJdRRl Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 35 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lig down, lig on, lig out Related terms: ligger

Inflected forms

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