"lithy" meaning in English

See lithy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more lithy [comparative], most lithy [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English lethi, from Old English liþiġ (“free, unrestrained, flexible”), from Proto-Germanic *liþugaz; equivalent to lith (“limb, joint”) + -y. Cognate with Dutch ledig, German ledig, Swedish ledig, Icelandic liðugur. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lethi}} Middle English lethi, {{inh|en|ang|liþiġ|t=free, unrestrained, flexible}} Old English liþiġ (“free, unrestrained, flexible”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*liþugaz}} Proto-Germanic *liþugaz, {{suf|en|lith#Etymology_1|y|t1=limb, joint}} lith (“limb, joint”) + -y, {{cog|nl|ledig}} Dutch ledig, {{cog|de|ledig}} German ledig, {{cog|sv|ledig}} Swedish ledig, {{cog|is|liðugur}} Icelandic liðugur Head templates: {{en-adj}} lithy (comparative more lithy, superlative most lithy)
  1. Easily bent; pliable. Synonyms: bendsome, lethy [dialectal] Derived forms: lithy tree

Download JSON data for lithy meaning in English (2.1kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "lethi"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English lethi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "liþiġ",
        "t": "free, unrestrained, flexible"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English liþiġ (“free, unrestrained, flexible”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*liþugaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *liþugaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lith#Etymology_1",
        "3": "y",
        "t1": "limb, joint"
      },
      "expansion": "lith (“limb, joint”) + -y",
      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ledig"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch ledig",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ledig"
      },
      "expansion": "German ledig",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ledig"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish ledig",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "liðugur"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic liðugur",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English lethi, from Old English liþiġ (“free, unrestrained, flexible”), from Proto-Germanic *liþugaz; equivalent to lith (“limb, joint”) + -y. Cognate with Dutch ledig, German ledig, Swedish ledig, Icelandic liðugur.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more lithy",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most lithy",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lithy (comparative more lithy, superlative most lithy)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -y",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "lithy tree"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Easily bent; pliable."
      ],
      "id": "en-lithy-en-adj-XS8ujokO",
      "links": [
        [
          "bent",
          "bend"
        ],
        [
          "pliable",
          "pliable"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bendsome"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "dialectal"
          ],
          "word": "lethy"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lithy"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "lithy tree"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "lethi"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English lethi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "liþiġ",
        "t": "free, unrestrained, flexible"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English liþiġ (“free, unrestrained, flexible”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*liþugaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *liþugaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lith#Etymology_1",
        "3": "y",
        "t1": "limb, joint"
      },
      "expansion": "lith (“limb, joint”) + -y",
      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ledig"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch ledig",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ledig"
      },
      "expansion": "German ledig",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ledig"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish ledig",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "liðugur"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic liðugur",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English lethi, from Old English liþiġ (“free, unrestrained, flexible”), from Proto-Germanic *liþugaz; equivalent to lith (“limb, joint”) + -y. Cognate with Dutch ledig, German ledig, Swedish ledig, Icelandic liðugur.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more lithy",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most lithy",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lithy (comparative more lithy, superlative most lithy)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old English",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Old English",
        "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "English terms suffixed with -y"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Easily bent; pliable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bent",
          "bend"
        ],
        [
          "pliable",
          "pliable"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bendsome"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "lethy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lithy"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.