leeg
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Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
leeg (attributive leë, comparative leër, superlative leegste)
Antonyms
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From older ledig, from Middle Dutch lēdich, from Old Dutch *lithig, from Proto-Germanic *liþugaz.
Adjective
leeg (comparative leger, superlative leegst)
- empty, hollow
- Synonym: laar
- Jesse Frederik, "Dode liberalen over 'het grote dikke ik', hebzucht en graaiers", Follow the Money, 2 June 2015.
- ‘Ieder die nadenkt over de verhoudingen van den mensch tot het goed der aarde, zal getroffen worden door het feit dat vaak hij die arbeidt, arm is, terwijl hij die ledig door het leven gaat zich baadt in overvloed,’ stelde van der Linden vast.
- "Everyone who thinks about the relations between humanity and material goods, will be struck by the fact that often he who works is poor, while he who leads an empty life wallows in abundance," Van der Linden observed.
- ‘Ieder die nadenkt over de verhoudingen van den mensch tot het goed der aarde, zal getroffen worden door het feit dat vaak hij die arbeidt, arm is, terwijl hij die ledig door het leven gaat zich baadt in overvloed,’ stelde van der Linden vast.
- De fles wijn was helaas leeg. ― Unfortunately, the bottle of wine was empty.
- (figuratively) listless, lethargic
Declension
Alternative forms
- ledig, leêg
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
leeg
- inflection of legen:
Anagrams
German Low German
Adjective
leeg
- Alternative spelling of leeg'.
Green Hmong
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 藍 (lam, “green, blue, grue”). Historically there was no distinction between green and blue.
Pronunciation
Adjective
leeg
Usage notes
- This word is mostly used in Green Hmong loanwords of Chinese origin, and mostly in compound words.
North Frisian
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old Frisian liāga, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą.
Pronunciation
- (Föhr-Amrum) IPA(key): [ˈleːç]
Verb
leeg
Conjugation
| infinitive I | leeg | |
|---|---|---|
| infinitive II | (tu) leegen | |
| past participle | laanjen | |
| imperative singular | leeg | |
| imperative plural | leeg’m | |
| present | past | |
| 1st singular | leeg | luch |
| 2nd singular | ljochst | luchst |
| 3rd singular | ljocht | luch |
| plural | leeg | luch |
| perfect | pluperfect | |
| 1st singular | haa laanjen | hed laanjen |
| 2nd singular | heest laanjen | hedst laanjen |
| 3rd singular | hee laanjen | hed laanjen |
| plural | haa laanjen | hed laanjen |
| future (skel) | future (wel) | |
| 1st singular | skal leeg | wal leeg |
| 2nd singular | skääl leeg | wääl leeg |
| 3rd singular | skal leeg | wal leeg |
| plural | skel leeg | wel leeg |
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *liqəʀ (cf. Bikol Central liog, Bolinao liey, Cebuano liog, Maguindanao lig, Maranao lig, Tausug liug), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ (cf. Malay leher, Hawaiian leo (“voice”), Maori reo (“voice; language”), Tetum lian (“voice; language”)), from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ (cf. Amis li'el).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /leˈʔeɡ/ [lɛˈʔɛɡ̚]
- Rhymes: -eɡ
- (now dialectal, Rizal, Southern Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈleʔeɡ/ [ˈlɛː.ʔɛɡ̚]
- Rhymes: -eʔeɡ
- Syllabification: le‧eg
Noun
leég (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜁᜄ᜔)
Derived terms
- hawak sa leeg
- leegan
Further reading
- “leeg”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
West Flemish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch laech, from Old Dutch *lāg, from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
leeg (comparative leger, superlative leegst)
White Hmong
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 藍 (lam, “green, blue, grue”). Historically there was no distinction between green and blue.
Pronunciation
Adjective
leeg
Usage notes
- This word is mostly used in White Hmong loanwords of Chinese origin, and mostly in compound words.
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