liegt

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ixt

Verb

liegt

1. inflection of liegen:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːkt/ (standard)

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• IPA^(key): /liːçt/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
• Homophone: leakt (standard only)

Verb

liegt

1. inflection of liegen:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person plural present
   3. plural imperative

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *lieg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leig- (“to bend, to twist”) from *ley- (“to bend, to incline”) (whence also leja, q.v.) with an extra g. The original meaning was probably “to bend,” from which “to bend (so as to avoid),” then “to refuse,” “to deny” (cf. the reflexive form liegties, which still has similar meanings), then finally “to not allow, to prohibit.” It is possible that the reflexive form (or a derived form like aizliegt) served as a bridge, changing its meaning first and then affecting that of the non-reflexive liegt. Cognates include Lithuanian líegti (“to be very sick, weakened”), nulíegti (“to become tired”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [liɛ̂kt]

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Verb

liegt (transitive, 1st conjugation, present liedzu, liedz, liedz, past liedzu)

1. to refuse, to reject, to deny (a request, an offer, a right, the truth, etc.)

   liegt pabalstu ― to deny (someone) benefits, an allowance

   viņš sev nekā neliedz ― he doesn't refuse himself anything

   kādēļ viņš tik stūrgalvīgi liedza savu vainu? ― why did he deny his guilt so stubbornly?

   viņš pie darba bija gribējis palīdzēt, bet tēvs liedza ― he had wanted to help with the work, but (his) father refused

   visu šo laiku nopūlējusies, lai saņemtu atļauju dēla pārvešanai... ārsti liedzot ― all this time she had struggled to obtain a transfer permit for her son... (with) the doctors denying it

   bet naktsmājas taču mums neliegsiet? ― but surely you won't refuse us lodging for the night?

2. to not allow, to hinder, to prevent (something from happening)

   pilsētā nami liedz skrējienu brīvajam vējam ― in the city, the buildings prevent the wind from running (= blowing) freely

   aizspriedumi lauku sievietēm liedza piedalīties sabiedriskos pasākumos ― prejudice prevented country women from participating in public events

3. (dated sense) to not allow to marry, to not give in marriage

   un tad tu man Kristīnes neliegsi? ― so you will not deny me Kristīne (= not prevent me from marrying Kristīne)?

Conjugation

conjugation of liegt

	INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme)				IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
		Present (tagadne)	Past (pagātne)	Future (nākotne)
1st pers. sg.	es	liedzu	liedzu	liegšu	—
2nd pers. sg.	tu	liedz	liedzi	liegsi	liedz
3rd pers. sg.	viņš, viņa	liedz	liedza	liegs	lai liedz
1st pers. pl.	mēs	liedzam	liedzām	liegsim	liegsim
2nd pers. pl.	jūs	liedzat	liedzāt	liegsiet, liegsit	liedziet
3rd pers. pl.	viņi, viņas	liedz	liedza	liegs	lai liedz
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme)			PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present	liedzot		Present Active 1 (Adj.)		liedzošs
Past	esot liedzis		Present Active 2 (Adv.)		liegdams
Future	liegšot		Present Active 3 (Adv.)		liedzot
Imperative	lai liedzot		Present Active 4 (Obj.)		liedzam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme)			Past Active		liedzis
Present	liegtu		Present Passive		liedzams
Past	būtu liedzis		Past Passive		liegts
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme)			NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative	(būt) jāliedz		Infinitive (nenoteiksme)		liegt
Conjunctive 1	esot jāliedz		Negative Infinitive		neliegt
Conjunctive 2	jāliedzot		Verbal noun		liegšana

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:

• aizliegt
• noliegt

other derived terms

• liegties
• liegums