liggja

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse liggja, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlɪt͡ʃːa] === Verb === liggja (third person singular past indicative lá, third person plural past indicative lógu, supine ligið) to lie (on a bed etc.) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === "liggja" at Sprotin.fo == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse liggja, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɪcːa/ Rhymes: -ɪcːa === Verb === liggja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative lá, third-person plural past indicative lágu, supine legið) to lie (on a bed etc.) to be located, to lie to lead (e.g. of a road) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === liggje ligga, ligge === Etymology === From Old Norse liggja, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Akin to English lie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²lɪjːɑ/, /²lɪɟ͡ʝːɑ/, /²lɪʝːɑ/ === Verb === liggja (present tense ligg, past tense låg, past participle lege, passive infinitive liggjast, present participle liggjande, imperative ligg) to lie (to be in a horizontal position.) to lie (location), be located ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “liggja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Compare Old English liċġan, Old Saxon liggian, Old Frisian lidzia, Old High German liggen, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan). === Verb === liggja to lie (on a bed etc.) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: liggja Faroese: liggja Norwegian Nynorsk: liggja Elfdalian: ligga Old Swedish: liggiaSwedish: ligga Old Danish: liggæ, liggiæ Danish: ligge Norwegian Bokmål: ligge → Norwegian Nynorsk: ligga Scanian: ligga Old Gutnish: liggia Gutnish: ligge === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “liggja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive