lui

Etymology
From, which is a form of (dative singular of ). Compare 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1) his

Pronoun

 * 1) to him

Usage notes
It is always preceded by 'a'- "a lui".

Related terms

 * (feminine equivalent)
 * / (masculine singular nominative and masculine singular accusative- long/stressed form)
 * // (masculine/feminine singular dative- short/unstressed form)
 * (masculine singular accusative- short/unstressed form)
 * (a) lor (masculine/feminine plural genitive and masculine/feminine plural dative- long/stressed form)

Etymology 1
From, from. further etymology unsure. May be cognate with the Old Norse adjective. Perhaps from, source of 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) lazy

Etymology 2
Short form of, a variant of.

Etymology
Borrowed from. Etymologically related to.

Verb

 * 1)  to rent

Etymology
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Pronoun

 * 1) him

Etymology 1
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Pronoun

 * 1) him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject
 * 2) him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object
 * 1) him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object
 * 1) him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object
 * 1) him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object
 * 1) him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object

Synonyms

 * (argot)

Etymology 2
see the verb

Etymology
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Pronoun

 * 1) he
 * 2) you (formal)

Etymology
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Pronoun

 * 1) he
 * 2)  him
 * 3) it
 * 4) * 1472, Giusto de’ Conti, La bella mano, Giannalberto Tumermani (1750), page 122:
 * "it"
 * "it"

- Il cor meco s’adira, ed io con lui.



Verb

 * 1)  to melt
 * 2)  to dissolve

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) river

Etymology
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Pronoun

 * 1) his

Pronoun

 * 1)  to him

Usage notes
Whereas singular masculine proper names always form the genitive and dative using the preposed lui, feminine ones only do so when the specific name doesn't have a genitive/dative form itself: casa lui Carmen but casa Mariei. This rule is ignored by many in informal situations and lui is used with feminine names either way.

Etymology
From with irregular l, from.

Noun

 * 1) dugong

Verb

 * 1) to step back; to recede; to move backward; to retreat
 * 2) to (fall, look, think) back
 * 3)  to abate; to decrease