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Etymology 1
From, from , from , from.

Verb

 * 1) to raise, to lift up
 * 2) to empty out

Etymology 2
From, from , from. .

Verb

 * 1) to illuminate, shine light

Etymology 1
Derived from the adjective and/or the noun. Compare 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to thin out; to clear; to make sparse
 * 2)  to thin out; to be cleared; to become sparse (usually slowly)
 * 3)  to become light, bright (usually slowly)
 * 4)  to become bright; to lose sternness
 * 1)  to become light, bright (usually slowly)
 * 2)  to become bright; to lose sternness
 * 1)  to become bright; to lose sternness

Etymology 2
, originally “to make light”, derived from. After the Low German development -ft- → -cht- (compare ), the verb was merged with, or at least influenced by, unrelated, from , whence also 🇨🇬. Compare 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to weigh (the anchor)