lay

Etymology 1
From, , from , from , from , causative form of , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
 * 2)  To cause to subside or abate.
 * 3) To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
 * 4) To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
 * 5) To produce and deposit an egg.
 * 6) To bet (that something is or is not the case).
 * 7) To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
 * 8)  To have sex with.
 * 9)  To state; to allege.
 * 10)  To point; to aim.
 * 11)  To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
 * 12)  To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
 * 13)  To place (new type) properly in the cases.
 * 14) To apply; to put.
 * 15) To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
 * 16) To impute; to charge; to allege.
 * 17) To present or offer.
 * 18)  To take a position; to come or go.
 * 19)  To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
 * 20) * 1974, John Denver, “Annie’s Song”, Back Home Again, RCA:
 * Let me lay down beside you. / Let me always be with you.
 * 1) To bet (that something is or is not the case).
 * 2) To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
 * 3)  To have sex with.
 * 4)  To state; to allege.
 * 5)  To point; to aim.
 * 6)  To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
 * 7)  To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
 * 8)  To place (new type) properly in the cases.
 * 9) To apply; to put.
 * 10) To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
 * 11) To impute; to charge; to allege.
 * 12) To present or offer.
 * 13)  To take a position; to come or go.
 * 14)  To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
 * 15) * 1974, John Denver, “Annie’s Song”, Back Home Again, RCA:
 * Let me lay down beside you. / Let me always be with you.
 * 1)  To place (new type) properly in the cases.
 * 2) To apply; to put.
 * 3) To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
 * 4) To impute; to charge; to allege.
 * 5) To present or offer.
 * 6)  To take a position; to come or go.
 * 7)  To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
 * 8) * 1974, John Denver, “Annie’s Song”, Back Home Again, RCA:
 * Let me lay down beside you. / Let me always be with you.
 * 1) To present or offer.
 * 2)  To take a position; to come or go.
 * 3)  To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
 * 4) * 1974, John Denver, “Annie’s Song”, Back Home Again, RCA:
 * Let me lay down beside you. / Let me always be with you.
 * 1)  To take a position; to come or go.
 * 2)  To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
 * 3) * 1974, John Denver, “Annie’s Song”, Back Home Again, RCA:
 * Let me lay down beside you. / Let me always be with you.
 * 1)  To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
 * 2) * 1974, John Denver, “Annie’s Song”, Back Home Again, RCA:
 * Let me lay down beside you. / Let me always be with you.
 * 1) * 1974, John Denver, “Annie’s Song”, Back Home Again, RCA:
 * Let me lay down beside you. / Let me always be with you.

Usage notes

 * The transitive verb lay is often used instead of the corresponding intransitive verb, especially in informal settings (and not only in speaking). This happens with all their forms: the present tense and base (infinitive) forms lay(s) are used instead of the present tense and base forms lie(s), and the simple past and past participle of lay (both laid) are used instead of the corresponding forms of lie (lay and lain).
 * This intransitive use of the forms of lay instead of the forms of lie already started in Middle English, first appearing in the thirteenth century and becoming common in the fifteenth century. The usage was still chiefly limited to the present tense, and it seems that it was influenced by reflexive or passive use of lay (the wounded lay themselves / are laid on the beds).
 * Several factors contributed to the increased use of all forms of lay for those of lie. One is that the form lay was also originally used as both the base form of lay and as the simple past of lie. Another is the use of lay as a reflexive verb meaning “to go lie (down)”. A third one is avoidance of the homonymy with lie “to tell a lie”. In addition, the verb lay looks more complicated than it actually is: it is in fact a regular verb that only looks irregular due to the spelling convention of using laid instead of layed. A similar merger exists in some other Germanic languages, and the two verbs have merged completely in 🇨🇬. In German, however, there is no confusion at all even in informal speech: legen, legte, gelegt ("lay, laid, laid") versus liegen, lag, gelegen ("lie, lay, lain") due to the clear differences between the regular forms of the transitive verb and the "irregular" (strong) forms of the intransitive verb.
 * Traditional grammars, schoolbooks, and style guides object to the common intransitive use of lay, and a certain stigma remains against the practice. Consequently the usage is only rarely found in carefully edited writing or in more formal spoken situations but common in speech and journalism, especially since the arrival of the Internet and the increasingly rare use of professional copyediting (in other words, journalists check their own writing).
 * Nautical use of lay as an intransitive verb is regarded as standard.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Moroccan Arabic: نعّس
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese: leggja
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:, , deitar
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Higaonon: hidaga
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Latgalian: likt
 * Latvian:
 * Limburgish:
 * Maastrichtian:
 * Maori: whakatāpapa, whakatakoto, whakapapa , panga
 * Mbyá Guaraní: nhono
 * Neapolitan: cuccà
 * Norman: couochi
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: ,
 * Old English: lecgan, āleċġan
 * Old Portuguese: deitar
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Slovene: položiti
 * Somali: jiifin
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: połožyś, połožowaś
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, ложи́ти
 * Walloon:
 * Yiddish: לייגן, אַוועקלייגן
 * Zazaki: ravısten
 * ǃXóõ: ʻǃnàhã


 * Finnish: laannuttaa


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Maori: panga
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Zazaki: vıradayen


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:,  ,
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, (table)
 * Slovene: položiti
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:,  ,
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Latgalian: kluot
 * Latvian: klāt
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: položiti
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: уклада́ти


 * Arabic:
 * Moroccan Arabic: بيّض
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: снасям
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: ovâ, pondi
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ingrian: munnia, vallaa
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latvian:
 * Maori:
 * Ngazidja Comorian: usa
 * Norman: pondre
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: تخم گذاردن
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Samoan: tu'ufua
 * Slovak: zniesť, znášať
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tetum: tolun
 * Thai: ,
 * Tongan: fakatō
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, нести́
 * Venetian: ponder, pondar
 * Vietnamese: đẻ trứng
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian:, басирам се
 * Russian: ,


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: deitar-se com
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Zazaki: cısanen

Noun

 * 1) Arrangement or relationship; layout.
 * 2)  A share of the profits in a business.
 * 3) The direction a rope is twisted.
 * 4)  A casual sexual partner.
 * 5)  An act of sexual intercourse.
 * 6)  A place or activity where someone spends a significant portion of their time.
 * 7) The laying of eggs.
 * 8)  A layer.
 * 9) * 1766,, The Life of John Buncle, Esq., London: J. Johnson and B. Davenport, Volume 2, Section 1, p.16, footnote1,
 * in one particular it exceeds the fen birds, for it has two tastes; it being brown and white meat: under a lay of brown is a lay of white meat
 * 1)  A basis or ground.
 * 2)  A pursuit or practice; a dodge.
 * 1)  An act of sexual intercourse.
 * 2)  A place or activity where someone spends a significant portion of their time.
 * 3) The laying of eggs.
 * 4)  A layer.
 * 5) * 1766,, The Life of John Buncle, Esq., London: J. Johnson and B. Davenport, Volume 2, Section 1, p.16, footnote1,
 * in one particular it exceeds the fen birds, for it has two tastes; it being brown and white meat: under a lay of brown is a lay of white meat
 * 1)  A basis or ground.
 * 2)  A pursuit or practice; a dodge.
 * 1) The laying of eggs.
 * 2)  A layer.
 * 3) * 1766,, The Life of John Buncle, Esq., London: J. Johnson and B. Davenport, Volume 2, Section 1, p.16, footnote1,
 * in one particular it exceeds the fen birds, for it has two tastes; it being brown and white meat: under a lay of brown is a lay of white meat
 * 1)  A basis or ground.
 * 2)  A pursuit or practice; a dodge.
 * 1) * 1766,, The Life of John Buncle, Esq., London: J. Johnson and B. Davenport, Volume 2, Section 1, p.16, footnote1,
 * in one particular it exceeds the fen birds, for it has two tastes; it being brown and white meat: under a lay of brown is a lay of white meat
 * 1)  A basis or ground.
 * 2)  A pursuit or practice; a dodge.
 * 1)  A basis or ground.
 * 2)  A pursuit or practice; a dodge.
 * 1)  A pursuit or practice; a dodge.
 * 1)  A pursuit or practice; a dodge.

Synonyms

 * see also Thesaurus:casual sexual partner.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: sijoittelu,


 * Finnish: kierteen suunta,
 * Russian: ,


 * Bulgarian: свалка
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Russian: полово́й партнёр

Etymology 2
From, , from , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A lake.

Etymology 3
From, from , from , from. .

Adjective

 * 1) Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
 * 2) Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
 * 3)  Not trumps.
 * 4)  Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
 * 1)  Not trumps.
 * 2)  Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
 * 1)  Not trumps.
 * 2)  Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
 * 1)  Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, læg-
 * Dutch: leken-,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Laien-,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: tuata
 * Italian: ,
 * Middle English: lewed, lay
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, leg-, , lek-
 * Nynorsk: lek, lek-
 * Old English: lǣwede
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: laický
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: lek-


 * Bulgarian: непрофесионален
 * Catalan: profà
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:, læg-
 * Dutch: leken-
 * Finnish:
 * German: Laien-
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: tuata
 * Italian: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, leg-, , lek-
 * Nynorsk: lek, lek-
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: laický, amatérsky
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: lek-
 * Ukrainian: непрофесі́йний, непрофесіона́льний


 * Irish: tuata
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Esperanto:

Etymology 4
See. This word was influenced by the present tense verb.

Etymology 5
From, from , from , from , , from. Akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. See.

Noun

 * 1) A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
 * 2) * 1925 The Lay of Leithien, poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, Anglo-Saxon Professor.
 * 3) A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
 * 4) * 1945: "The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun" by JRR Tolkien
 * Sad is the note and sad the lay, but mirth we meet not every day.
 * 1) A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
 * 2) * 1945: "The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun" by JRR Tolkien
 * Sad is the note and sad the lay, but mirth we meet not every day.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: балада
 * Finnish:
 * Norwegian: kvede
 * Russian:, короткая песенка, короткая балла́да
 * Swedish:

Etymology 6
From, , , , from , , northern (Anglian) variants of 🇨🇬. More at.

Noun

 * 1)  A meadow; a lea.

Etymology 7
From, , variants of 🇨🇬. More at.

Noun

 * 1)  A law.
 * 2)  An obligation; a vow.
 * 1)  An obligation; a vow.

Etymology 8
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Verb

 * 1)  To don or put on (tefillin phylacteries).

Verb

 * 1)  to carry

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) garlic

Postposition

 * 1) through
 * 2) across

Verb

 * 1) to pass

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) sail a piece of fabric attached to a boat
 * 2) tent

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) garlic

Etymology 2
From (butterfly).

Noun

 * 1) moth

Etymology
from

Noun

 * 1) garlic food

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) garlic

Etymology 2
From (butterfly).

Noun

 * 1) moth

Verb

 * 1) to shake