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lye en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English leye, lye, from Old English lēah, lēag (“lye”), from Proto-West Germanic *laugu, from Proto-Germanic *laugō, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Loge, Looie (“lye”), Dutch loog (“lye”), German Low German Loge, Loje, Loog (“lye”), German Lauge (“lye”). Compare typologically Ancient Greek ῥύμμα (rhúmma) < ῥύπτω (rhúptō, “to cleanse, to wash”); Russian м́ыло (ḿylo) (a nomen instrumenti of мыть (mytʹ)).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes).
  2. (countable, uncountable) Potassium or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda).
    • She had not left the lye in too long so that the hair would fall out in clumps later. 2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 372:

Forms

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lyes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

chamber lye · soda lye · lyed · potash lye

Translations (93)

da lud (caustic alkaline solution) · srn adiwatra (caustic alkaline solution) · nb lut (caustic alkaline solution) · fr soude (caustic alkaline solution) · tr buğada (caustic alkaline solution) · gl lixivia (caustic alkaline solution) · nl caustic soda (potassium or sodium hydroxide) · scn liscìa (caustic alkaline solution) · cs hydroxid draselný (potassium or sodium hydroxide) · cmn 灰水 (caustic alkaline solution) · fr potasse caustique (caustic alkaline solution) · mk цеѓ (caustic alkaline solution) · nl caustische soda (potassium or sodium hydroxide) · es [el] agua de ceniza (caustic alkaline solution) · eo alkala solvaĵo (caustic alkaline solution) · vi nước tro (caustic alkaline solution) · fr soude caustique (caustic alkaline solution) · tr kostik (caustic alkaline solution) · es llipta (caustic alkaline solution) · es llujta (caustic alkaline solution) · scn lissìa (caustic alkaline solution) · de Lauge (caustic alkaline solution) · ga buac (caustic alkaline solution) · sq vrer (caustic alkaline solution) · mk пепе́лница (caustic alkaline solution) · it idrossido di sodio (potassium or sodium hydroxide) · is lútur (caustic alkaline solution) · nl natriumhydroxide (potassium or sodium hydroxide) · fr hydroxyde de sodium (potassium or sodium hydroxide) · cs louh (caustic alkaline solution) · es llicta (caustic alkaline solution) · ca sosa càustica (potassium or sodium hydroxide) · vi nước tro tàu (caustic alkaline solution) · de Ätznatron (potassium or sodium hydroxide) · ota بوغاده (caustic alkaline solution) · es sosa cáustica (potassium or sodium hydroxide) · gl decoada (caustic alkaline solution) · ja あく (caustic alkaline solution) · oc lessiu (caustic alkaline solution) · nl loog (caustic alkaline solution) · sv lut (caustic alkaline solution) · ru е́дкое ка́ли (potassium or sodium hydroxide) · it ranno (caustic alkaline solution) · la lixa (caustic alkaline solution) · gl cenrada (caustic alkaline solution) · rup alsivã (caustic alkaline solution) · tl tilis (caustic alkaline solution) · es llista (caustic alkaline solution) · gv booag (caustic alkaline solution) · rup alisivã (caustic alkaline solution) · it liscivia (caustic alkaline solution) · es llijta / llucta (caustic alkaline solution) · el αλισίβα (caustic alkaline solution) · ru щёлок (caustic alkaline solution) · it soda caustica (potassium or sodium hydroxide) · ru ка́устик (potassium or sodium hydroxide) · ru е́дкий натр (potassium or sodium hydroxide) · uk луг (caustic alkaline solution) · pl ług (caustic alkaline solution) · hy մոխրաջուր (caustic alkaline solution) · gd buac (caustic alkaline solution) · hu lúg (caustic alkaline solution) · nn lut (caustic alkaline solution) · es lejía de ceniza (caustic alkaline solution) · sh lȗg (caustic alkaline solution) · grc ῥύμμα (caustic alkaline solution) · pt lixívia (caustic alkaline solution) · it cenerata (caustic alkaline solution) · bg лу́га (caustic alkaline solution) · ja 灰汁 (caustic alkaline solution) · pt soda cáustica (potassium or sodium hydroxide) · nl bijtende soda (potassium or sodium hydroxide) · fi lipeä (caustic alkaline solution) · id lindi (caustic alkaline solution) · es jabón / detergente de ceniza (caustic alkaline solution) · ast llexía (caustic alkaline solution) · ro leșie (caustic alkaline solution) · gl bogada (caustic alkaline solution) · cmn 灰汁 (caustic alkaline solution) · tl lihiya (caustic alkaline solution) · mk лу́га (caustic alkaline solution) · fa قلیا (caustic alkaline solution) · cs hydroxid sodný (potassium or sodium hydroxide) · ca lleixiu (caustic alkaline solution) · de kaustisches Soda (potassium or sodium hydroxide) · sh лу̑г (caustic alkaline solution) · cy lleisw (caustic alkaline solution) · fr potasse (caustic alkaline solution) · fr soude caustique (potassium or sodium hydroxide) · th ด่าง (caustic alkaline solution) · sq alisivë (caustic alkaline solution) · et leelis (caustic alkaline solution) · km ក្បុង (caustic alkaline solution)

Source: en.wiktionary, “lye” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

lye en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English leye, lye, from Old English lēah, lēag (“lye”), from Proto-West Germanic *laugu, from Proto-Germanic *laugō, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Loge, Looie (“lye”), Dutch loog (“lye”), German Low German Loge, Loje, Loog (“lye”), German Lauge (“lye”). Compare typologically Ancient Greek ῥύμμα (rhúmma) < ῥύπτω (rhúptō, “to cleanse, to wash”); Russian м́ыло (ḿylo) (a nomen instrumenti of мыть (mytʹ)).

Meanings

  1. To treat with lye.

Forms

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lyes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
lyeing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lyed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lyed Tense=Past lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “lye” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

lye en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

Variant of lie (“to rest horizontally”) now used in a specialised sense; compare sett.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of lie.
    alt of lie
  2. (UK) A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.
    • Brakevan lye. [same page in the main text] There is also an inclined lye for brakevans at each end of the yard. 1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II: The new Perth marshalling yard”, in Modern Railways, page 273, photo caption with indicating arrow:

Forms

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lyes Number=Plur lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “lye” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

lye en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

Variant of lie (“to rest horizontally”) now used in a specialised sense; compare sett.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of lie.
    alt of lie
    • But when his foe lyes proſtrate on the plain, He ſheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane; And, pleas'd with bloudleſs honours of the day, Walks over, and diſdains th' inglorious Prey,[…] 1687, [John Dryden], “The Third Part”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 88:
    • Now negligent of sports I lye, And now as other Fawkners use, I spring a mistresse, sweare, write, sigh and weepe: And the game kill'd, or lost, goe talk, and sleepe. 1654, John Donne, Loves Diet:

Forms

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lay Tense=Past lexicographic
lain Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lyes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
layn Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic