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noun

a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth.

something intended or serving to convey a false impression; imposture: His flashy car was a lie that deceived no one.

an inaccurate or untrue statement; falsehood: When I went to school, history books were full of lies, and I won’t teach lies to kids.

the charge or accusation of telling a lie: He flung the lie back at his accusers.

verb (used without object), lied, ly·ing.

to speak falsely or utter untruth knowingly, as with intent to deceive.

to express what is false; convey a false impression.

verb (used with object), lied, ly·ing.

to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively): to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.

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Idioms about lie

give the lie to,

to accuse of lying; contradict.
to prove or imply the falsity of; belie: His poor work gives the lie to his claims of experience.

lie in one’s throat / teeth, to lie grossly or maliciously: If she told you exactly the opposite of what she told me, she must be lying in her teeth.Also lie through one’s teeth.

Origin of lie

First recorded before 900; (noun) Middle English leye, lighe; Old English lyge, lige; cognate with German Lüge, Old Norse lygi; akin to Gothic liugn; (verb) Middle English lien, ligen, leie, Old English lēogan (intransitive); cognate with German lügen, Old Norse ljūga, Gothic liugan

synonym study for lie

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH lie

lie , lye

Words nearby lie

lidia, Lidice, lidless, lido, lidocaine, lie, lie-abed, Liebermann, Liebfraumilch, Liebig, Liebig condenser

Other definitions for lie (2 of 3)

verb (used without object), lay, lain, ly·ing.

to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline.

(of objects) to rest in a horizontal or flat position: The book lies on the table.

to be or remain in a position or state of inactivity, subjection, restraint, concealment, etc.: to lie in ambush.

to rest, press, or weigh (usually followed by on or upon): These things lie upon my mind.

to depend (usually followed by on or upon).

to be placed or situated: land lying along the coast.

to be stretched out or extended: the broad plain that lies before us.

to be in or have a specified direction; extend: The trail from here lies to the west.

to be found or located in a particular area or place: The fault lies here.

to consist or be grounded (usually followed by in): The real remedy lies in education.

to be buried in a particular spot: Their ancestors lie in the family plot.

Law. to be sustainable or admissible, as an action or appeal.

Archaic. to lodge; stay the night; sojourn.

noun

the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water.

the haunt or covert of an animal.

Golf. the position of the ball relative to how easy or how difficult it is to play.

Verb Phrases

lie by,

to pause for rest; stop activities, work, etc., temporarily.
to lie unused: Ever since the last member of the family died, the old house has lain by.

lie down, to assume a horizontal or prostrate position, as for the purpose of resting.

lie in,

to be confined to bed in childbirth.
Chiefly British. to stay in bed longer than usual, especially in the morning.

lie over, to be postponed for attention or action at some future time: The other business on the agenda will have to lie over until the next meeting.

lie up,

to lie at rest; stay in bed.
(of a ship) to dock or remain in dock.

lie with,

to be the duty or function of: The decision in this matter lies with him.
Archaic. to have sexual intercourse with.

Origin of lie

First recorded before 900; Middle English lien, liggen, Old English licgan; cognate with German liegen, Dutch liggen, Old Norse liggja, Gothic ligan; akin to Greek léchesthai “to lie down”

words often confused with lie

Other definitions for lie (3 of 3)

noun

Jonas, 1880–1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.

(Ma·ri·us) So·phus [mah-ree-oos soh-foos], /ˌmɑ ri ʊs ˈsoʊ fʊs/, 1842–99, Norwegian mathematician.

Tryg·ve Halv·dan [trig-vuh—hahlv-dahn; Norwegian tryg-vuh—hahlv-dahn], /ˈtrɪg və ˈhɑlv dɑn; Norwegian ˈtrüg və ˈhɑlv dɑn/, 1896–1968, Norwegian statesman: secretary-general of the United Nations 1946–53.

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LIE VS. LAY

What’s the difference between lie and lay?

The sense of lie that’s often confused with lay means to be in or get into a reclining position—to recline, as in I just want to lie in bed for a few more minutes. Lay commonly means to put or place someone or something down, as in Lay the bags on the table or I’m going to lay the baby in the crib.

Though it’s considered nonstandard, lay is commonly used to mean the same thing as this sense of lie, as in I just want to lay in bed for a few more minutes.

The confusion between the two words is largely due to the fact that lay is also the past tense form of this sense of lie, as in I lay in bed yesterday morning wishing I could go back to sleep. The other tenses of this sense of lie are lain, as in I have lain in bed for the past three hours, and lying, as in I am lying in bed right now. (In contrast, when lie is used as a verb meaning to tell an untruth, its past tense is simply lied.)

The other tenses of lay are laid, as in I laid the bags on the table, and laying, as in Start laying the fruit here and the vegetables there.

Lay is typically used with an object, meaning someone or something is getting laid down by someone. In contrast, lie is something you do yourself without any other recipients of the action.

This sense of lie is commonly used in the verb phrase lie down, as in I was feeling tired so I decided to lie down. Using the phrase lay down to mean the same thing is considered nonstandard, but it’s also very common.

Lay down is also used as a verb phrase meaning about the same thing as lay, as in You can lay down your bags on the table (or You can lay your bags down on the table).

Although lay and lie are often used interchangeably in casual communication, it’s best to use them in the standard way in more formal contexts.

A good way to remember which one to use is to think about whether you could replace the word with put or recline. If you can replace it with put, you probably want to use lay, as in Please lay (put) the bags on the table. If you could replace the word with recline, you probably want to use lie, as in I just want to lie (recline) in bed for a few more minutes.

Here’s an example of lay and lie used correctly in the same sentence.

Example: He said he was just going to lay the blanket on the grass and lie on it for a few minutes, but he lied. After he laid the blanket down, he lay on it for two hours!

Want to learn more? Read the full breakdown of the difference between lie and lay.

Quiz yourself on lie vs. lay!

Should lie or lay be used in the following sentence?

I’m going to _____ down to take a nap.

Words related to lie

deceit, deception, dishonesty, disinformation, distortion, evasion, fabrication, falsehood, fiction, forgery, inaccuracy, misrepresentation, myth, perjury, slander, tale, deceive, mislead, misrepresent, promote

How to use lie in a sentence

They will learn that deadly incompetence, based on lies and lunacy and costing countless lives, means nothing.
That woman from George-a is foolish, full of fantasy and lies.
Gilbert was given a lie detector test along with another police officer, who considered himself a friend of Lewis’ — the same officer who would call me many years later.
Another that comes to mind is how the insurrection contributed to fringe conservative media having to reckon with the fact that spreading lies about a stolen election has real-world impacts.

A lot of the problems that we’re facing are the lies that probably are going to be protected by the First Amendment.
My doctor insisted that once I filed this piece I lie down on my bed and not get out.
I lie and nod my head yes while wiping the tears on my gray fleece sleeve.
“I knew it was a lie from the beginning,” Patrick told WLOS.
It is, in fact, legal for police to lie to suspects during interrogations.
But he drew me close And he swallowed me down, Down a dark slimy path Where lie secrets that I never want to know […].
They are ovoid in shape, and lie in pairs, end to end, often forming short chains.
However this be, it is hard to say that these fibs have that clear intention to deceive which constitutes a complete lie.
The «bad form» of telling a lie to the head-master is a later illustration of the same thing.
The word of the law shall be fulfilled without a lie, and wisdom shall be made plain in the mouth of the faithful.
The hut was barely high enough to let him sit up, and long enough to let him lie down—not to stretch out.

British Dictionary definitions for lie (1 of 3)

verb lies, lying or lied

(intr) to speak untruthfully with intent to mislead or deceive

(intr) to convey a false impression or practise deceptionthe camera does not lie

noun

an untrue or deceptive statement deliberately used to mislead

something that is deliberately intended to deceive

give the lie to

to disprove
to accuse of lying

Other words from lie

Related adjective: mendacious

Word Origin for lie

Old English lyge (n), lēogan (vb); related to Old High German liogan, Gothic liugan

British Dictionary definitions for lie (2 of 3)

verb lies, lying, lay (leɪ) or lain (leɪn) (intr)

(often foll by down) to place oneself or be in a prostrate position, horizontal to the ground

to be situated, esp on a horizontal surfacethe pencil is lying on the desk; India lies to the south of Russia

to be buriedhere lies Jane Brown

(copula) to be and remain (in a particular state or condition)to lie dormant

to stretch or extendthe city lies before us

(usually foll by on or upon) to rest or weighmy sins lie heavily on my mind

(usually foll by in) to exist or consist inherentlystrength lies in unity

(foll by with)

to be or rest (with)the ultimate decision lies with you
archaic to have sexual intercourse (with)

(of an action, claim, appeal, etc) to subsist; be maintainable or admissible

archaic to stay temporarily

lie low

to keep or be concealed or quiet
to wait for a favourable opportunity

noun

the manner, place, or style in which something is situated

the hiding place or lair of an animal

golf

the position of the ball after a shota bad lie
the angle made by the shaft of the club before the upswing

lie of the land

the topography of the land
the way in which a situation is developing or people are behaving

Word Origin for lie

Old English licgan akin to Old High German ligen to lie, Latin lectus bed

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British Dictionary definitions for lie (3 of 3)

noun

Trygve Halvdan (ˈtryɡvə ˈhalðan). 1896–1968, Norwegian statesman; first secretary-general of the United Nations (1946–52)

Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with lie

In addition to the idioms beginning with lie

lie down
lie in
lie in state
lie in wait
lie low
lie through one’s teeth
lie with

also see:

barefaced lie
give the lie to
(lie) in state
lay of the land (how the land lies)
let sleeping dogs lie
make one’s bed and lie in it
take lying down
white lie

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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Recent Examples on the Web

Um, did anyone else just figure out their entire childhood was a lie?

—Elizabeth Denton, Seventeen, 24 Mar. 2023

And, more importantly, where does the betting value lie? 21+ and present in OH.

—Tanner Mcgrath, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023

Our foreign policy establishment keeps trying to pull the world into conflict with a nuclear-armed Russia based on the lie that Russia represents our greatest threat.

—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Mar. 2023

Though the song proclaimed a lie, Alaskans were gracious in victory.

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Reporting on every lie Trump tells would be like trying to count grains of sand on a beach.

—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2023

After all, if every love story is a ghost story, as one novelist wrote, every Horatio Alger story is also the story of a lie.

—Alissa Quart, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2023

As harrowing as Joel’s ordeal at the hospital was, for me the real gut punch came at the end, when Ellie confronts Joel about what she’s already begun to suspect is a lie.

—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2023

After the interrogation, Johnson learned that that was a lie.

—Colleen Halpin, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2023

The recommendations also lay out high level principles in five main areas: safety, security, and robustness; transparency and explainability; fairness; accountability and governance; and contestability and redress.

—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023

For thousands of years, from time immemorial, Huna Tlingit people lived year-round on the rich lands that today lie in Glacier Bay National Park.

—Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023

Smith’s death was initially ruled a hit-and-run after the 19-year-old was found lying in the middle of a dark country road with deep gashes to his forehead on July 8, 2015.

—Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023

In December, a Capitol Police car chase ended with an innocent 49-year-old woman shot in the arm while lying in bed.

—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 1 Apr. 2023

Romance is limited to flirting and flashbacks that show a married couple being affectionate, kissing briefly and lying in bed cuddling.

—Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023

The protein in powders is usually sourced from either plants or animals, which means their differences lie in their amino acid profiles and composition, Kanski explains.

—Jasmine Gomez, Women’s Health, 31 Mar. 2023

But the criminal justice system has specific steps that lay out the process for the next days and weeks.

—Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al, 30 Mar. 2023

Kimmy was strolling down the beach and lying in the sand in Cali in a bright pink matching set that seems to be an upcoming drop from her brand, Skims.

—Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 29 Mar. 2023

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Lie is one of the more common words found in the English language. It has multiple definitions, making it a flexible word with uses in all sorts of situations.

Because of its multiple definitions, the word can also be a little bit confusing at times. We’ll break down the definitions of the word lie so you can be confident that you know which one is being used and when.

By the end of this short guide, you’ll have a solid understanding of the word lie, its definitions, its etymology, and how to use it in various contexts.

What Is the Meaning of the Word Lie?

This word’s definitions are fairly simple, and many of them are pretty similar to each other. Here are the definitions of the word lie, pronounced laɪ. Its present participle is “lying.”

Verb

To move to or be in a horizontal position

Verb

To be in a particular place

Noun

The position, direction, or place in which something is placed

Noun or verb

A false statement that is made to deceive someone
The act of saying something that will deceive someone

The first definition simply refers to a particular state that we get in every day. We can lie down and go to sleep at night, we can lay the wooden spoon in a flat position on the counter, and we can watch a dog as he lies in the sun in the backyard.

The word lie can also simply refer to the act of being in a place. A town can lie between a river and the mountains, or you could leave your keys lying around the house somewhere.

The word lie can also be a noun that refers to how something is positioned. This is commonly used in golf. The lie of the ball refers to where it fell on the course and how difficult it will be to proceed, whether in the fairway, in the rough, or somewhere else.

Perhaps the most well-known definition of the word lie refers to deceit or untruth. This can be both a noun and a verb, and it refers to the act of deceiving a person with words that are not true.

An Uncommon Definitions

One common idiom and phrasal verb that uses the word lie is the phrase “to lie with.” To lie with somebody means to have sexual intercourse with them. This phrase isn’t used very often anymore, but it does show up in a lot of historic literature.

The Word Lie in Other Languages

Here’s a list of the translations of the word lie in various other languages.

Spanish: mentira
Portuguese: mentira
German: lüge, lügen
Danish: ligge, løgn, lyve
Swedish: ljuga
Norwegian: ligge
Russian: лгать
Italian: menzogna
French: mentir

Where Did the Word Lie Come From?

To help clarify the definition of the word lie, let’s look at the history of how it came to be or its etymology. There are two slightly different etymologies for this word, one for the deception definition and one for the position-related definition.

The Position

First, let’s talk about the position definition. The word lie is one of those fundamentally basic words that have been used in some way for so long that it is difficult to pinpoint its exact origin. What we do know is that its oldest ancestor is some Indo-European root legh- that existed even before Latin and Greek.

The word lie came from the ancient Germanic languages and eventually found its way into Old English in the word licgan in about the 12th century. Again, this comes from the root legh-, which also made its way into several other Germanic languages around that time.

There’s the Dutch liggen, the Old High German liegen or lekhos, the Gothic liugan, and the Old Norse liggja, all meaning “to be in a horizontal position.” There was also the Latin lectus, which means “bed.” All of these are related to the word lie.

The Old English licgan eventually evolved through the Middle English period, and now we have the word lie today.

A Deception

When it comes to deception, the history is similar but has some slightly different ancestors in Old English. The Old English ancestors for this definition of lie are legan, ligan, and leogan.

The particular history of this word is actually shrouded in a bit of mystery, as it does not show up in Latin, Greek, or even Sanskrit.

What Are Some Examples of the Word Lie in a Sentence?

Seeing a word in context can help explore its definition and show how you can use it in your own life. Here are some example sentences that use the word lie.

With all of your fibs and lies, it’s just safer for me to assume that nothing you say is true.

I don’t know what the big deal is. It’s just a little white lie, not a major deception.

I had to take a lie detector test when giving my testimony to the police.

Grandpa doesn’t do much, he just lies around in that reclining position all day long.

I’m not feeling well, so I think I’m going to go lie down for a minute.

If I just sit back and recline, I can’t fall asleep. I have to lie down all the way.

My favorite town lies just beneath the massive peaks of the Rocky Mountains.

We need to lie low for a little while until all this drama blows over.

I can’t believe that my best friend would lie with my husband after all that we’ve been through!

Let me check the lie of the land before we move forward.

I hit the ball right in the middle of the fairway, so it looks like it has a great lie.

What Are the Synonyms of the Word Lie?

Here are some synonyms of the word lie that you might find in a thesaurus.

Deception
Falsification
Untruth
Perjury
Prevarication
Fabrication
Falsehood
Recline
Sprawl
To belong
To beset
To occupy

What Are its Antonyms?

Here are antonyms of the word lie.

Stand
To be upright
Truth
nonfiction

The Word Lie

Now you know everything you need to know about the word lie, its definition, its history, and how to use it. Use it confidently in your writing and your conversation!

Sources

LIE | Cambridge English Dictionary

LIE | Meaning & Definition for UK English | Lexico

White lie | World Wide Words

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Britannica Dictionary definition of LIE

[no object]

of a person or animal

to be in a flat position on a surface (such as a bed)

Lie still.
She lay asleep on the bed.
He lay dead on the floor.
The police found him lying unconscious in an alley.
All the dog did was just lie there.

—

see picture at position

to move from a standing or sitting position to a flat position on a surface

The doctor asked him to lie [=lie down] on the table.

— used to mark the place where a person is buried

Here lies John Smith. = Here lies the body of John Smith.

of things

to be in a flat position on a surface

snow lying on the ground
A note was lying on the table when he came home.
The leaves lay thick on the ground.
He placed a hand on her shoulder, where it lay [=rested] for a moment.

to be or remain in a specified state or condition

The city lay in ruins.
The book was lying open on the desk.
The factory continues to lie idle.
dishes lying dirty in the sink

always followed by an adverb or a preposition

to be in a specified direction

Our route lay to the west.

to be located in a particular place

The village lies in a peaceful valley.
The river lies along the western edge of the mountains.
Ohio lies east of Indiana. = Ohio lies to the east of Indiana.
A ship was lying in the harbor.
The mountains lay between us and our goal.

— often used figuratively

I don’t know where the answer lies. [=I don’t know where the answer can be found; I don’t know what the answer is]
He doesn’t know where his future lies. [=he doesn’t know what he will do in the future]
The choice lay between fighting or surrendering. [=the choice was between fighting or surrendering]
There is no question about where her loyalties lie. [=about which person, group, etc., she is loyal to]
The problem lies in knowing what to do.
I don’t know what to do, and therein lies the problem. [=that is the problem]

British

to be at a specified level in a competition

They are lying third. = They are lying in third place. [=they are in third place]

how the land lies

—

see ¹land

let sleeping dogs lie

—

see ¹dog

lie ahead

to be in the future

No one knows what lies ahead (of us). [=no one knows what will happen (to us) in the future]

lie around

[phrasal verb]

or British

lie about

to be lying in a disordered way

He always had a lot of clothes lying around his house.

to be somewhere within a general area or place

I know that pen is lying around here somewhere.

to spend time resting in a lazy way

She spent the whole day just lying around.
My friends and I were lying around by the pool.

to lean backward from a sitting position to a flat position

The doctor asked him to lie back on the table.

lie behind

[phrasal verb]

lie behind (something)

to be the cause of (something)

Greed lies behind the higher prices.

to move from a standing or sitting position to a flat position on a surface

Lie down on the couch/bed.
I’m tired. I’m going to lie down.
The police ordered him to lay down his weapons and lie down on the ground.

lie down on the job

to fail to do your job

to neglect your responsibilities

He says pollution has been getting worse because government regulators have been lying down on the job.

◊ To take something lying down is to accept something bad, such as an insult or unfair treatment, without trying to fight against it.

He vowed that he would not take the court’s decision lying down. [=that he would fight against the court’s decision]

lie in

[phrasal verb]

British

to stay in bed later than usual

She likes to lie in [=sleep in] on Saturdays.

lie low

to try not to be noticed

to stay hidden or inactive in order to avoid being noticed or found

The prisoners had to lie low after their escape.

lie on/upon

[phrasal verb]

lie on/upon (someone or something)

to affect someone in a specified way

Sorrow lay heavily on him. [=he felt very sad]
Guilt lies on his conscience. [=he feels very guilty]
Her years lie lightly upon her. [=she seems younger than she is]

lie with (someone or something)

not used in the progressive tenses

— used to say who has the blame or responsibility for something

The blame lies with their mother for not watching them closely enough.
Responsibility for the accident lies with the company.

lie with (someone)

literary

to have sex with (someone)

when he first lay with her

make your bed and lie in it

—

see ¹bed

Britannica Dictionary definition of LIE

[count]

the position in which something lies on the ground

a golf ball in a difficult lie

—

see also lie of the land

Britannica Dictionary definition of LIE

[no object]

to say or write something that is not true in order to deceive someone

to tell a lie

I can’t believe you lied to me.
He has been accused of lying about his military record.
She was lying when she told her parents that she had spent the afternoon studying.
She was lying through her teeth. [=she was saying something completely untrue]
(US, informal) You can’t trust that guy. He lies like a rug. [=he lies constantly; he is dishonest]

to indicate or suggest something that is not true or accurate

Statistics sometimes lie. [=do not accurately reflect the truth]
You may think that you still look young, but the mirror never lies. [=the mirror shows how you really look]

Britannica Dictionary definition of LIE

[count]

something untrue that is said or written to deceive someone

She told a lie to her parents.
He has been accused of telling lies about his military record.
a bold/brazen/barefaced lie
a complete lie
The accusations are lies, all lies.
The claims he has made are nothing but a pack of lies.
(chiefly Brit) He has woven a tissue of lies [=he has told many lies] about his military record.

—

see also white lie

to show that (something) is not true

Her success has given the lie to the notion that women cannot compete with men.

I tell a lie

British, informal

— used to correct something you have just said

I saw him just yesterday. No, I tell a lie. It was two days ago.

live a lie

to live in a false or deceptive way

to live in a way that does not show who you truly are or what your feelings truly are

Their friends thought that they had a happy marriage, but they were living a lie. [=their marriage was not happy]

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /laɪ̯/
Rhymes: -aɪ
Homophones: lye, lai

Etymology 1[edit]

A dog lying in the grass.

From Middle English lien, liggen, from Old English liċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

Cognate with West Frisian lizze, Dutch liggen, German liegen, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ligge, Swedish ligga, Icelandic, Faroese and Norwegian Nynorsk liggja, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan); and with Latin lectus (“bed”), Irish luighe, Russian лежа́ть (ležátʹ), Albanian lag (“troop, band, encampment”).

As a noun for position, the noun has the same etymology above as the verb.

Verb[edit]

lie (third-person singular simple present lies, present participle lying, simple past lay or laid, past participle lain or laid or lien) See usage notes.

(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

The book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin
- The watchful traveller […] / Lay down again, and closed his weary eyes.
- 1849, Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
  
  Our uninquiring corpses lie more low / Than our life’s curiosity doth go.
- 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid:
  
  The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.
(intransitive) To be placed or situated.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:
  
  Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate «closet taxonomist,» Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
- 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
  
  From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
(intransitive, copulative) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.

to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hidden; to lie grieving; to lie under one’s displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves

The paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
- c. 1690, Of Envy:
  
  Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances.
- He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labour, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen.
Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
(archaic) To lodge; to sleep.
- 1632, John Evelyn, diary, entry 21 October 1632
  
  While I was now trifling at home, I saw London, […] where I lay one night only.
To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
- c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
  
  The Wind is lowd, and will not lie till the Ship be cleard of the dead.
(law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
- 1737, lies%20in%20this%20case%22&f=false Cart against Marsh (legal case)
  
  An appeal lies in this case from the ordinary to the arches.

Usage notes[edit]

See the usage notes at lay.

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

deep-lying
forlie
let sleeping dogs lie
lie back
lie by
lie doggo
lie down
lie ill in one’s mouth
lie in
lie in wait
lie low
lie on the oars
lie upon
lie with
lie-in
make one’s bed and lie in it
therein lies the rub

[edit]

lay, a corresponding transitive version of this word
lees
lier

Translations[edit]

be in horizontal position

Afrikaans: lê (af)
Albanian: shtrihem (sq)
Arabic: ضَجَعَ‎ (ar) (ḍajaʕa), تَمَدَّدَ‎ (tamaddada), اِضْطَجَعَ‎ (iḍṭajaʕa)
Armenian: պառկել (hy) (paṙkel)
Azerbaijani: uzanmaq (az)
Bashkir: ятыу (yatıw)
Belarusian: ляжа́ць impf (ljažácʹ), ле́гчы pf (ljéhčy)
Bengali: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: лежа́ (bg) impf (ležá)
Burmese: လှဲ (my) (hlai:)
Catalan: jeure (ca)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 瞓／𰥛 (fan³)

Dungan: тон (ton)

Mandarin: 躺 (zh) (tǎng)

Min Nan: 䖙 (zh-min-nan) (the)
Czech: ležet (cs) impf
Danish: ligge (da)
Dutch: liggen (nl)
Esperanto: kuŝi (eo)
Estonian: lebama (et), lesima, lasuma
Ewe: mlɔ anyi
Faroese: liggja (fo)
Finnish: maata (fi), loikoa (fi), lojua (fi), olla (fi) (+ adessive for «lying on»)
French: être étendu, gésir (fr), être couché
Galician: estar deitado
Georgian: წოლა (c̣ola)
German: liegen (de)

Alemannic German: ligge
Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan)
Greek: κείτομαι (el) (keítomai)

Ancient: κεῖμαι (keîmai)
Hebrew: שָׁכַב‎ (he) (shakháv)
Hindi: (inanimate) पड़ना (hi) (paṛnā), पड़ा होना (hi) (paṛā honā), (animate) लेटना (hi) (leṭnā), लेटा होना (hi) (leṭā honā)
Hungarian: fekszik (hu)
Icelandic: liggja (is)
Ido: jacar (io)
Indonesian: berbaring (id), membaringkan (id)
Interlingua: jacer
Irish: luigh
Italian: essere sdraiato, essere disteso, giacere (it)
Japanese: 横になる (よこになる, yoko ni naru), 横たわる (よこたわる, yokotawaru)
Kazakh: жату (kk) (jatu)
Khmer: ដេក (km) (deek)
Korean: 놓이다 (ko) (noida)
Kyrgyz: жатуу (ky) (jatuu)
Lao: ສະຍະ (sa nya)
Latin: iaceō (la), cubō
Latvian: gulēt
Lithuanian: gulėti
Low German: liggen
Luxembourgish: leien (lb)
Macedonian: лежи impf (leži)
Malay: baring (ms)
Malayalam: കിടക്കുക (ml) (kiṭakkuka)
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Maori: tāeki, takoto, whakamaho (without moving), tangita, whāriki(flat, as carpeting the ground)
Mongolian:

Cyrillic: хэвтэх (mn) (xevtex)
Navajo: sitą́ (a slender stiff object lies)
Nepali: तेर्सिनु (tersinu)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: ligge (no)

Nynorsk: liggja, liggje
Occitan: jàser (oc)
Old Church Slavonic:

Cyrillic: лежати impf (ležati)
Old English: liċġan
Persian: دراز کشیدن‎ (fa) (derâz kešidan)
Polish: leżeć (pl) impf
Portuguese: estar deitado, jazer (pt)
Quechua: siriy (qu)
Romanian: sta culcat, zăcea (ro), sta întins, sta orizontal
Romansch: giaschair (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader), scher (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran), star starnia, star taro (Surmiran)
Russian: лежа́ть (ru) impf (ležátʹ), полежа́ть (ru) pf (poležátʹ), лечь (ru) pf (lečʹ) (lie down)
Scottish Gaelic: laigh
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: лѐжати impf

Roman: lèžati (sh) impf
Slovak: ležať impf
Slovene: ležati (sl) impf
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: lažaś impf
Sotho: lala
Spanish: estar acostado, estar echado, yacer (es), estar tumbado
Sundanese: kedeng
Swedish: ligga (sv)
Sylheti: ꠢꠥꠔꠣ (huta)
Tagalog: humiga
Tajik: дароз кашидан (daroz kašidan)
Tamil: கிட (ta) (kiṭa), படு (ta) (paṭu)
Tatar: ятарга (tt) (yatarga)
Thai: ทอดตัว
Tocharian B: lyäk-
Turkish: uzanmak (tr), yatmak (tr)
Turkmen: uzanmak, ýatmak
Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎋𐎁 (škb)
Ukrainian: лежа́ти impf (ležáty), лягти́ pf (ljahtý)
Urdu: (inanimate) پڑنا‎ (paṛnā), پڑا ہونا‎ (paṛā honā), (animate) لیٹنا‎ (leṭnā), لیٹا ہونا‎ (leṭā honā)
Uzbek: yotmoq (uz)
Vietnamese: nằm (vi)
Walloon: ripoizer (wa), esse coûtchî m
Welsh: gorwedd (cy)
Yiddish: ליגן‎ (lign)
Zazaki: derg biyen
Zealandic: leie, ligge, legge (northern dialects)

be situated

Armenian: գտնվել (hy) (gtnvel)
Bashkir: урынлашыу (urınlaşıw), ятыу (yatıw)
Catalan: trobar-se (ca)
Czech: ležet (cs) impf
Dutch: liggen (nl), gelegen zijn
Estonian: asuma, asetsema, paiknema
Finnish: olla (fi), sijaita (fi)
French: se trouver (fr)
German: liegen (de)
Irish: luigh
Italian: trovarsi (it), risiedere (it), essere posto
Macedonian: се простира (se prostira), се протега (se protega)
Maori: tanewha, tāeki
Norwegian: ligge (no)
Old English: liċġan
Portuguese: jazer (pt), ficar (pt), localizar-se
Romanian: a fi situat, a se găsi
Russian: располага́ться (ru) impf (raspolagátʹsja), лежа́ть (ru) impf (ležátʹ), находи́ться (ru) impf (naxodítʹsja)
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: lažaś
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} estar ubicado
Swedish: ligga (sv)
Walloon: esse metou m

Noun[edit]

lie (plural lies)

(golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
(disc golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
(medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.
A manner of lying; relative position.
An animal’s lair.

Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English lien (“to lie, tell a falsehood”), from Old English lēogan (“to lie”), from Proto-West Germanic *leugan, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą (“to lie”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to lie, swear, bemoan”).

Cognate with West Frisian lige (“to lie”), Low German legen, lögen (“to lie”), Dutch liegen (“to lie”), German lügen (“to lie”), Norwegian ljuge/lyge (“to lie”), Danish lyve (“to lie”), Swedish ljuga (“to lie”), and more distantly with Bulgarian лъжа (lǎža, “to lie”), Russian лгать (lgatʹ, “to lie”), ложь (ložʹ, “falsehood”).

Verb[edit]

lie (third-person singular simple present lies, present participle lying, simple past and past participle lied)

(intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.

When Pinocchio lies, his nose grows.

If you are found to have lied in court, you could face a penalty.

While a principle-based approach might claim that lying is always morally wrong, the casuist would argue that, depending upon the details of the case, lying might or might not be illegal or unethical. The casuist might conclude that a person is wrong to lie in legal testimony under oath, but might argue that lying actually is the best moral choice if the lie saves a life.
(intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.

Photographs often lie.
(intransitive, colloquial) To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.

Sorry, I haven’t seen your keys anywhere…wait, I lied! They’re right there on the coffee table.

Conjugation[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

prevaricate

Derived terms[edit]

belie
liar
lie along
lie through one’s teeth

Translations[edit]

tell an intentional untruth

‘Are’are: ‘eno
Abkhaz: амцҳәара (amcḥʷara)
Afrikaans: lieg (af), jok
Albanian: gënjej (sq)
Amharic: መዋሸት (mäwašät)
Arabic: كَذَبَ‎ (ar) (kaḏaba)

Moroccan Arabic: كدب‎ (kdəb)

South Levantine Arabic: كذّب‎ (kazzab)
Armenian: խաբել (hy) (xabel), ստել (hy) (stel)
Aromanian: minciunedz, minciunedzu
Asturian: mentir
Avar: гьереси бицине (heresi bicine)
Azerbaijani: yalançılıq etmək, yalan danışmaq
Bashkir: алдау (aldaw), алдатыу (aldatıw), алдашыу (aldaşıw)
Basque: gezur(ra)(k) esan
Belarusian: ілга́ць impf (ilhácʹ), лгаць impf (lhacʹ), салга́ць (salhácʹ), хлусі́ць impf (xlusícʹ), схлусі́ць pf (sxlusícʹ), браха́ць impf (braxácʹ)
Bengali: মিথ্যা বলতে (mithyā balatē)
Breton: lavared gevier
Bulgarian: лъжа́ (bg) impf (lǎžá)
Burmese: ညာ (my) (nya)
Catalan: mentir (ca)
Chechen: please add this translation if you can
Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
Chichewa: -nama
Chinese:

Cantonese: 講大話／讲大话 (gong² daai⁶ waa⁶)

Dungan: чә хуон (čə huon), чуй (čuy)

Mandarin: 說謊／说谎 (zh) (shuōhuǎng), 撒謊／撒谎 (zh) (sāhuǎng)
Chuukese: mwaken
Czech: lhát (cs) impf
Danish: lyve (da)
Dutch: liegen (nl)
Elfdalian: liuoga
Esperanto: mensogi (eo)
Estonian: valetama (et)
Ewe: da alakpa, ka aʋatso
Faroese: lúgva
Finnish: valehdella (fi); puhua puppua (informal), syöttää pajunköyttä (idiomatic), puhua palturia (informal), narrata (fi) (childish), laskea luikuria (informal)
French: mentir (fr), mythonner (fr)
Friulian: mintî
Galician: mentir (gl)
Georgian: ტყუილი (ṭq̇uili)
German: lügen (de), täuschen (de)
Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (liugan)
Greek: ψεύδομαι (el) (psévdomai)

Ancient: ψεύδομαι (pseúdomai)
Gujarati: ખોટું બોલવું (khōṭuṁ bōlavuṁ)
Gutnish: liauga
Hebrew: שיקר שִׁקֵּר‎ (shikér)
Hindi: झूठ बोलना (jhūṭh bolnā)
Hungarian: hazudik (hu)
Icelandic: ljúga (is), skrökva
Ido: mentiar (io)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} bohong (id), ^{(please verify)} berbohong (id) , ^{(please verify)} membohongi (id) , ^{(please verify)} dusta (id), ^{(please verify)} berdusta (id) , ^{(please verify)} mendustai (id)
Ingrian: vallaa
Italian: mentire (it)
Japanese: 嘘を吐く (ja) (うそをつく, uso o tsuku)
Kazakh: жалған сөйлеу (jalğan söileu), өтірік айту (ötırık aitu)
Khmer: កុហក (km) (kohɑk), ភរ (km) (phɔɔ), ភូត (km) (phuut), ភរភូត (phɔɔ phuut), ភូតភរ (phuut phɔɔ)
Korean: 거짓말하다 (ko) (geojinmalhada), 거짓말을 하다 (geojinmar-eul hada)
Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: درۆ کردن‎ (dro kirdin), درۆ گوتن‎ (dro gutin)

Northern Kurdish: derew kirin (ku)
Kyrgyz: калп айтуу (kalp aytuu), жалган айтуу (jalgan aytuu)
Lao: ຕົວະ (tua), ຕໍແຫລ (tǭ lǣ)
Latgalian: maluot
Latin: mentior (la)
Latvian: melot (lv)
Lithuanian: meluoti
Low German: legen (nds), lögen
Luxembourgish: léien
Macedonian: лаже impf (laže)
Malay: tipu (ms), bohong
Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
Maltese: gideb
Maori: ki te teka
Mongolian:

Cyrillic: хуурах (mn) (xuurax)
Nanai: делэн-
North Frisian: (Mooring) jooge
Northern Altai: чалган (čalgan)
Northern Sami: gielistit
Norwegian:

Bokmål: lyge (no), ljuge (no), lyve (no)

Nynorsk: lyga, ljuga, ljuge
Occitan: mentir (oc)
Old Church Slavonic:

Cyrillic: лъгати impf (lŭgati)
Old English: lēogan
Old Occitan: mentir
Oriya: ମିଛ କହିବାକୁ (michô kôhibaku)
Oromo: kijibuu, sobuu
Pashto: درواغ ويل‎ (darwãǧwayᶕl)
Persian: دروغ گفتن‎ (fa) (doruğ goftan)
Polish: kłamać (pl) impf, łgać (pl) impf, okłamywać (pl) impf
Portuguese: mentir (pt)
Quechua: llullay
Romani: xoxavel
Romanian: minți (ro)
Romansch: dir manzegnas (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan), gir manzegnas (Sutsilvan), deir manzignas (Surmiran), dir manzögnas (Puter, Vallader)
Russian: лгать (ru) (lgatʹ), врать (ru) (vratʹ), (colloquial) бреха́ть (ru) (brexátʹ)
Rusyn: брехати impf (brexaty), забрехати pf (zabrexaty)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ла̀гати impf

Roman: làgati (sh) impf
Shuswap: qwílenst (transitive), qwílens (intransitive)
Sinhalese: බොරු කියනවා (boru kiyanawā)
Slovak: klamať impf
Slovene: lagati (sl) impf
Sotho: maka
Southern Altai: јалган- (ǰalgan-) (archaic), тӧгӱн айт (tögün ayt)
Spanish: mentir (es), embustear (es), embustir (es)
Swedish: ljuga (sv)
Tagalog: magsinungaling
Tajik: дуруғ гуфтан (duruġ guftan)
Tausug: puting
Thai: โกหก (th) (goo-hòk)
Tibetan: སྐྱག་རྫུན་བཤད (skyag rdzun bshad)
Turkish: yalan söylemek (tr)
Turkmen: aldamak (tk)
Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: бреха́ти (uk) impf (brexáty)
Urdu: جھوٹ بولنا‎ (jhūṭh bolnā)
Uyghur: ئالىقاپلىق قىلماق‎ (aliqapliq qilmaq)
Uzbek: aldamoq (uz), yolgʻon gapirmoq
Vietnamese: nói dối (vi), nói láo (vi)
Volapük: lugön (vo)
Walloon: minti (wa), bourder (wa)
West Frisian: lige
Yiddish: לײַגן‎ (laygn)
Zazaki: zuri kerden

Etymology 3[edit]

From Middle English lie, from Old English lyġe (“lie, falsehood”), from Proto-Germanic *lugiz (“lie, falsehood”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to tell lies, swear, complain”). Cognate with Old Saxon luggi (“a lie”), Old High German lugī, lugin (“a lie”) (German Lüge), Danish løgn (“a lie”), Bulgarian лъжа́ (lǎžá, “а lie”), Russian ложь (ložʹ, “а lie”).

Noun[edit]

lie (plural lies)

An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.

Synonyms: alternative fact, bullshit, deception, falsehood, fib, leasing, prevarication; see also Thesaurus:lie

Antonym: truth

I knew he was telling a lie by his facial expression.
A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true.

Synonym: half-truth
(by extension) Anything that misleads or disappoints.
- 1835, Richard Chenevix Trench, the Story of Justin Martyr
  
  Wishing this lie of life was o’er.

Derived terms[edit]

a lie has no legs
barefaced lie
belie
big lie
blue lie
give lie to
give the lie to
I tell a lie
lie detector
noble lie
sex, lies and videotape
where’s the lie
white lie

Translations[edit]

intentionally false statement

Adyghe: пцӏы (pcʼə)
Afrikaans: leuen
Albanian: gënjeshtër (sq) f
Amharic: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: كَذْبَة‎ f (kaḏba)

Moroccan: كدبة‎ (kədba)
Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: սուտ (hy) (sut)
Aromanian: minciunã f
Assamese: মিছা কথা (misa kotha), ফাঁকি (phãki), মিছা (misa)
Asturian: mentira f
Aymara: k’ari
Azerbaijani: yalan (az)
Baluchi: دروگ‎ (darog)
Bashkir: ялған (yalğan)
Basque: gezur (eu)
Belarusian: хлусня́ f (xlusnjá), няпра́ўда f (njapráŭda), брахня́ f (braxnjá)
Bengali: মিথ্যা (bn) (mittha)
Breton: gaou (br) m
Bulgarian: лъжа́ (bg) f (lǎžá)
Burmese: မုသား (my) (mu.sa:), အလှိုင်း (my) (a.hluing:)
Catalan: mentida (ca) f
Cebuano: bakak
Chechen: аьшпаш (äšpaš), пуьчаш (püčaš)
Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
Chichewa: bodza
Chinese:

Mandarin: 謊言／谎言 (zh) (huǎngyán), 假話／假话 (zh) (jiǎhuà)
Crimean Tatar: yalan
Czech: lež (cs) f
Dalmatian: bosca f
Danish: løgn (da)
Dongxiang: ghudan
Dutch: leugen (nl) f
East Yugur: ghudal
Egyptian: (grg)
Esperanto: mensogo, malvero
Estonian: vale, väär
Evenki: улэк (ulək)
Ewe: alakpadada, aʋatsokaka
Faroese: lygn f
Finnish: vale (fi) (informal), valhe (fi), potaska (fi) (informal), pöty (fi) (informal), lööperi (fi) (informal), palturi (fi) (informal), puppu (fi) (informal), luikuri (fi) (informal), fuula (fi) (slang)
French: mensonge (fr) m
Friulian: bausìe, bùzare, gàbule, bausie f
Gagauz: yalan
Galician: mintira f, loia (gl) f, bouba (gl) f, caroca (gl) f, grilla f, alburgada f, broza f, drola f, menzoña f, escocha f, mentira (gl) f
Georgian: სიცრუე (sicrue)
German: Lüge (de) f
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲 n (galiug)
Greek: ψέμα (el) n (pséma)

Ancient: ψεῦδος m (pseûdos)
Greenlandic: sallu
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hausa: please add this translation if you can
Hawaiian: punipuni, wahaheʻe
Hebrew: שֶׁקֶר‎ (he) m (shéker), כָּזָב‎ (he) m (kazáv) (formally)
Hindi: झूठ (hi) m (jhūṭh), मिथ्या (hi) (mithyā), अबद्ध (hi) m (abaddh), असत्य (hi) m (asatya)
Hungarian: hazugság (hu)
Icelandic: lygi (is)
Ido: mentio (io)
Ilocano: ulbod
Indonesian: bohong (id), kebohongan (id)
Interlingua: mendacio, mentita (ia)
Irish: bréag (ga) f

Old Irish: bréc f, gáu f
Italian: bugia (it) f, menzogna (it) f, frottola (it) f, baggianata (it) f, fola (it) f, balla (it) f, fandonia (it) f
Japanese: 嘘 (ja) (うそ, uso), 虚言 (ja) (きょげん, kyogen)
Javanese: goroh (jv)
Kabardian: пцӏы (pcʼə)
Kalmyk: худл (hudl)
Karachay-Balkar: ётюрюк (yotürük), жалгъан (jalğan), джалгъан (calğan)
Kazakh: жалған (kk) (jalğan), өтірік (ötırık)
Khakas: чой (çoy), тайма (tayma)
Khmer: កុហក (km) (kohɑk)
Kikuyu: iheeni class 5
Korean: 거짓말 (ko) (geojinmal)
Kumyk: ялгъан (yalğan)
Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: درۆ‎ (ckb) (dro)

Northern Kurdish: virr (ku)
Kyrgyz: жалган (ky) (jalgan), калп (ky) (kalp), төгүн (ky) (tögün)
Lao: ມຸສາ (mu sā)
Latin: mendācium n
Latvian: meli (lv) m pl
Lithuanian: melas (lt)
Low German:

German Low German: Löög f
Luxembourgish: Ligen f
Macedonian: лага f (laga)
Malay: penipuan
Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
Maori: kōpeka
Marathi: खोट (khoṭ)
Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭣𐭡𐭠‎ (kdbʾ /drôg/)
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian:

Cyrillic: худал (mn) (xudal)
Navajo: yoochʼííd
Ngazidja Comorian: ndrabo class 9/10
Northern Sami: gielis
Norwegian:

Bokmål: løgn m or f

Nynorsk: løgn f, lygn f
Occitan: messorga (oc) f, messonja f, mensònja f, mensònega f, mentida (oc) f, mentit
Old Occitan: menzonga
Old Persian: 𐎭𐎼𐎢𐎥 (d-r-u-g /drauga/)
Oriya: please add this translation if you can
Oromo: kijiba, soba
Papiamentu: mentira
Pashto: درواغ‎ (ps) m (darwãǧ), دروغ‎ (ps) m (droǧ)
Persian: دروغ‎ (fa) (doruğ)
Plautdietsch: Lieej f
Polish: kłamstwo (pl) n
Portuguese: mentira (pt) f
Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
Quechua: llulla
Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: minciună (ro) f
Romansch: manzegna f (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan), manzigna f (Surmiran), manzögna f (Puter, Vallader)
Russian: ложь (ru) f (ložʹ), непра́вда (ru) f (neprávda), враньё (ru) n (vranʹjó), обма́н (ru) m (obmán), вра́ки (ru) f pl (vráki) (colloquial), брехня́ (ru) f (brexnjá) (colloquial)
Sanskrit: मिथ्या (sa) (mithyā), असत्य (sa) n (asatya)
Sardinian: fàba f, fàbula f, fàula f, catòcia f
Scottish Gaelic: breug f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ла̑ж f, нѐистина f

Roman: lȃž (sh) f, nèistina (sh) f
Shor: тайба (tayba), чой (çoy)
Sicilian: minzonga f, buggìa (scn) f, bugìa (scn) f, fandonia (scn) f, fanfonia (scn) f, nfanfonia (scn) f
Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: klamstvo n, lož f
Slovene: laž (sl) f
Somali: please add this translation if you can
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: łdganje n, łdža f
Sotho: leshano
Southern Altai: тӧгӱн (tögün)
Spanish: mentira (es) f, embuste (es) m
Swabian: Luag f, Liag f
Swedish: lögn (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠝꠤꠍꠣ (misá), ꠝꠤꠍꠣ ꠝꠣꠔ (misá mat)
Tagalog: kasinungalingan
Tajik: дурӯғ (tg) (durüġ)
Tamil: பொய் (ta) (poy), தவரு (tavaru)
Tatar: ялган (yalgan), ялганлык (tt) (yalganlıq), алдак (tt) (aldaq)
Telugu: అబద్ధం (te) (abaddhaṁ)
Thai: คำโกหก (kam-goh-hòk), โกหก (th) (goo-hòk), กุ (th) (gù)
Tocharian B: waike
Turkish: yalan (tr), martaval (tr) (slang), palavra (tr) (slang)
Turkmen: ýalan
Tuvan: меге (mege)
Ukrainian: брехня́ (uk) f (brexnjá), непра́вда f (neprávda)
Urdu: جھوٹ‎ m (jhūṭh), متھیا‎ (mithyā)
Uyghur: يالغان‎ (ug) (yalghan), يالغانچىلىق‎ (yalghanchiliq)
Uzbek: yolgʻon (uz)
Vietnamese: lời nói dối (vi)
Volapük: lug (vo), (pack of) lug e cüt
Walloon: minte (wa) f, boude (wa) f, mintreye (wa) f
Warray: kaga’
Welsh: celwydd (cy) m, anwiredd (cy) m
Yakut: сымыйа (sımıya)
Yiddish: ליגן‎ m (lign), שקר‎ m (sheker), כּזבֿ‎ m (kozev)
Zhuang: byangz, vahbyangz

Anagrams[edit]

%ile, -ile, EIL, Eli, Ile, Lei, Lei., ile, lei

Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈlie̯(ˣ)/, [ˈlie̞̯(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -ie
Syllabification^(key): lie

Verb[edit]

lie

(dialectal) third-person singular potential present of olla

Se on missä lie.

It’s somewhere. / I wonder where it is.

Tai mitä lie ovatkaan

Or whatever they are.

Kyllä asia lie juuri näin.

Yes, the thing supposedly is just like that.

Usage notes[edit]

This form is commonly used in North Karelian dialect, in standard Finnish in highly literary or solemn use, only. Can take any person form. As a main verb, the form just occurs in present tense. As an auxiliary verb form, it may take place in the perfect tense form of any verb. In dialectal use, the form can typically be seen in both direct and indirect questions.

Synonyms[edit]

(3rd-pers. sg. potent. pres. of olla; standard) lienee

Anagrams[edit]

eli, lei

French[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old French lie, from Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligyā, *legyā (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”).

Noun[edit]

lie f (plural lies)

lees, dregs (of wine, of society)

Derived terms[edit]

boire le calice jusqu’à la lie

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

lie

inflection of lier:
1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams[edit]

île

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

lie (lie⁵ / lie⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄧㄝ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咧

lie

Nonstandard spelling of liē.
Nonstandard spelling of lié.
Nonstandard spelling of liě.
Nonstandard spelling of liè.

Usage notes[edit]

Transcriptions of Mandarin speech into the Roman alphabet often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligyā, *legyā (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”).

Noun[edit]

lie f (oblique plural lies, nominative singular lie, nominative plural lies)

dregs; mostly solid, undesirable leftovers of a drink

Descendants[edit]

→ English: lees

Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *līwanks (compare *līwos), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w- (“stone”) (compare Ancient Greek λᾶας (lâas, “stone”), Albanian lerë (“boulder”)).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈl͈ʲi.e/

Noun[edit]

lie m (genitive lïac or lïacc)

a stone
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4^d15
  
  In Belzefuth: is béss didu ind lïacc benir il-béim friss, et intí do·thuit foir ɔ·boing a chnámi, intí fora tuit-som immurgu at·bail-side.
  
  The Beelzebub: it is the custom, then, of the stone that many blows are hit against it, and he who falls upon it breaks his bones; however, he whom it falls on perishes
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 65^a1
  
  Níbu machdath do·rónta día dind lïac.
  
  It was not a wonder that a god would be made of the stone.

Declension[edit]

Masculine k-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	lie	liic^L	liic
Vocative	lie	liic^L	lïaca
Accusative	liic^N, lieic^N	liic^L	lïaca
Genitive	lïac, lïacc	lïac, lïacc	lïac^N, lïacc^N
Dative	liic^L, lieic^L	lïacaib	lïacaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants[edit]

→ Breton: liac’h
Middle Irish: lía
- Irish: lia

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
lie also llie after a proclitic	lie pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

lie

first-person singular preterite indicative of liar

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish līe, lē, from Old Norse lé, from Proto-Germanic *lewô, from Proto-Indo-European *leu- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /liːɛ/

Noun[edit]

lie c

scythe; an instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like.

Declension[edit]

Declension of lie
	Singular	Plural
Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lie	lien	liar	liarna
Genitive	lies	liens	liars	liarnas

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lieman
lieorv
lieskaft
lietag

References[edit]

lie in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

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The Word Lie

how the land lies

let sleeping dogs lie

lie ahead

lie around

lie behind

lie in

lie low

lie on/upon

make your bed and lie in it

I tell a lie

live a lie

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