*ligjaną

Runic: ᛚᛁᚷᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈliɣ.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 1

Meanings

  1. to lie, to rest (on a surface)
  2. to lead (e.g. of a road)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti, from *legʰ- (‘to lie’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularligjōligjaų–
2nd singularligisiligjaisligi
3rd singularligiþiligjailigjaþau
1st dualligjōsligjaiw–
2nd dualligjaþizligjaiþizligjaþiz
1st pluralligjamazligjaim–
2nd pluralligiþligjaiþligiþ
3rd pluralligjanþiligjainligjanþau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularligjai–
2nd singularligjasailigjaisau
3rd singularligjaþailigjaiþau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralligjanþailigjainþau
2nd pluralligjanþailigjainþau
3rd pluralligjanþailigjainþau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularlaglēgį̄
2nd singularlahtlēgīz
3rd singularlaglēgī
1st duallēgūlēgīw
2nd duallēgudizlēgīdiz
1st plurallēgumlēgīm
2nd plurallēgudlēgīd
3rd plurallēgunlēgīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
ligjaną ligjandz leganaz

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Descendants

  • *liggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • liggen (Old Dutch)
      • liggen (Middle Dutch)
        • ligke (Limburgish)
  • *liggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • liggen (Old Dutch)
      • liggen (Middle Dutch)
        • liggen (Dutch)
          • lê (Afrikaans)
          • lixxe (Jersey Dutch)
          • lee, lei, lej (Negerhollands)
          • lèg (Papiamentu)
  • *liggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • liċġan (Old English)
      • lien (Middle English)
        • lie, lig (English)
        • lie (Scots)
        • lee, lidge (Yola)
  • *liggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • lidza (Old Frisian)
      • läze, lääse (Saterland Frisian)
      • lizze (West Frisian)
  • *liggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ligen, liggen, licken (Old High German)
      • ligen, licken (Middle High German)
        • ligge (Alemannic German)
        • lijje (Central Franconian)
        • liegen, licken (German)
        • leien (Luxembourgish)
        • ליגן (lign) (Yiddish)
  • *liggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • liggian (Old Saxon)
      • liggen (Middle Low German)
        • liggen (Low German)
          • liggen (Dutch Low Saxon)
          • liggen (German Low German)
  • liggja (Old Norse)
    • ligga (Elfdalian)
    • liggja (Faroese)
    • liggja (Icelandic)
    • liggja (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • liggja (Old Norse)
    • liggæ, liggiæ (Old Danish)
      • ligga (Scanian)
  • liggja (Old Norse)
    • liggæ, liggiæ (Old Danish)
      • ligge (Danish)
        • ligge (Norwegian Bokmål)
          • ligga (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • liggja (Old Norse)
    • liggia (Old Gutnish)
      • ligge (Gutnish)
  • liggja (Old Norse)
    • liggia (Old Swedish)
      • ligga (Swedish)
  • 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan) (Gothic)

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