lye en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /laɪ/
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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
- (countable, uncountable) An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes).
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)