lus

lus

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Mizo.

• Wiktionary's coverage of Mizo terms

lus

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lu

lus

1. plural of lu

• LSU, ULs, Uls.

• lut — Standard Albanian

Variant of lut.

• IPA^(key): /lus/, [lʊs] (Standard)
• IPA^(key): /ʎut/, /ʎʊs/ (Gheg)

lus (aorist luta, participle lutur)

1. (active voice, transitive) to request, (kindly) ask for; to plead, to beg

• [1] active verb lut, lus (aorist luta; participle lutur) • Fjalor Shqip

From Old Norse lús, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Indo-European *lewH-.

lus c (singular definite lusen, plural indefinite lus)

1. louse

• tømmerlus, tømrerlus

• “lus” in Den Danske Ordbog

• lis (dialectal)
• luts (dialectal)

From Middle Dutch litse, from Old French lice, from Vulgar Latin līcia, from Latin līcium.

• IPA^(key): /lʏs/

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• Hyphenation: lus
• Rhymes: -ʏs

lus f (plural lussen, diminutive lusje n)

1. loop

• kernlis

• → Saramaccan: lásu

• “lus” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

• IPA^(key): /ly/

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lus

1. first/second-person singular past historic of lire

lus m pl

1. masculine plural of lu

From Old Irish lus (“plant, herb, vegetable”).^[1]

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠʊsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠʌsˠ/^[2]

lus m (genitive singular lusa, nominative plural lusanna)

1. plant, herb

   Synonym: luibh

• Alternative genitive singular/nominative plural form: losa

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “lus”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “lus”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lus”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

lus

1. Romanization of ꦭꦸꦱ꧀

From Portuguese luz.

lus

1. light, lamp

Akin to luce, from Latin lux.

• IPA^(key): /lyːz/ (Milanese)

lus f

1. light

From Old Irish lus (“plant, herb, vegetable”).

lus m (genitive singular lus, plural lussyn)

1. plant, herb
2. leek
3. vervain

• lus y daa ghuillag

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Old Norse lús, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *luHs-, *lewH-.

lus f or m (definite singular lusa or lusen, indefinite plural lus, definite plural lusene)

2. (entomology) a louse (plural lice), or a similar animal, e.g. a sea louse
4. (knitting) a single stitch (if not multiple adjacent stitches forming a single-stitch-like v-shape) of a different colour from that of the surrounding fabric, used to form a knitted pattern
6. (colloquial botany) a hairy seed from a rosehip
8. (nautical cartography) a symbol signifying a rock awash (a cross with four dots)
10. (computing) a computer bug

• “lus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “lus” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• slu

From Old Norse lús, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *luHs-, *lewH-.

Germanic cognates include Icelandic and Faroese lús, Danish and Swedish lus, German Laus, Dutch luis, and English louse. Wider Indo-European cognates may include some in Brythonic languages, such as Welsh llau and Breton laou.

• IPA^(key): /lʉːs/

lus f (plural lusa)

2. (entomology) a louse (a small blood-sucking insect in the order Psocodea)
   • 2000, Erna Osland, Hår i millionar år, Oslo: Samlaget, page 57:

     Godt gøymd mellom hårstråa sit lusa og syg blod frå verten sin.

     Well hidden between the hairs, sits the louse and sucks blood from its host.

   • 1996, Sissel Solbjørg Bjugn, Lus [Lice], Oslo: Samlaget, page 24:

     Å finne lus i barnehår er ho vel van med.

     She is likely used to finding lice in child's hair.

4. (entomology) a small insect that is either closely related or similar in behaviour or appearance to a true louse, e.g. sea lice
   • 2008 December 11, Møre, page 10:

     Dette kan føre til ei oppblomstring av lus som trugar villaksen.

     This could lead to a bloom of sea lice, threatening the wild salmon.

6. (figurative of a person) a miser; a stingy and miserly person
8. (figurative of a person) someone who is poor and to be pitied; poor thing
   • 1890, Per Sivle, Sogor, Bergen: Mons Litlere, page 109:

     Eg kom samstundes og til aa nemja som aldri fyrr, kor ufysi ho var, den Lukti av Klædi hans; og naar eg tenkte på den Lusi – uhh! so totte eg det var mest Uraad hava sovoret ved Sida.

     In that moment, I also came to perceive as never before how foul the smell of his clothes was. And when I thought of that poor thing – Yuck! I thought it'd been most trouble to have such by one's side.

10. (knitting) a single stitch (if not multiple adjacent stitches forming a single-stitch-like v-shape) of a different colour from that of the surrounding fabric, used to form a knitted pattern
    • 2013 February 28, Sulaposten, page 12:

      Jakka er tradisjonell kufte med lus og bordar.

      The jacket is a traditional cardigan with lice and borders.

12. (colloquial botany) a hairy seed from a rosehip
    • 1920, A. Holmsen, Naturkunnskap for folkeskulen, 4th edition, Kristiania: Cappelen, page 58:

      fruktemni vert til smaa neter („lus“)

      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

14. (carpentry, woodworking) a piece of wood made to fill a gap that is left open, typically as a mistake during the moulding
16. (carpentry, woodworking) a dowel pin

    Synonym: dimling

18. (colloquial, now rare) a crayon
19. (dialectal, rare) gills on a crab
21. a hairgrip

• (miser): gjerrigknark, gniar, knip, knipar, gnik, gnikar, gnaur, knark, pist, pugar, knøl
• (rose hip seed): nypefrø, kløpulver
• (computer bug): glitsj
• (crayon): teiknestift

• mus f (“mouse”) (for its morphological similarities)
• gnet f

• “lus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “lus”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
• “lus” in Norsk teknisk ordbok, Oslo: Samlaget, 1981
• “lus” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

• slu, sul, Sul

From Proto-West Germanic *lūs. Compare Old High German lūs, Old Norse lús.

• IPA^(key): /luːs/

lūs f (nominative plural lȳs)

1. louse

Strong consonant stem:

• Middle English: lous, lows, lowse
  • English: louse
  • Scots: louse, loose

From Latin lucius (“pike”).

lus oblique singular, m (oblique plural lus, nominative singular lus, nominative plural lus)

1. pike (fish)

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (lus)

From Proto-Celtic *lussus (“medicinal herb, vegetable”), likely influenced by Proto-Celtic *lubā (“herb, plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“leaf”).

• IPA^(key): [l͈us]

lus m

1. plant, herb, vegetable
2. leek

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	lus	lusL	losae
Vocative	lus	lusL	losu
Accusative	lusN	lusL	losu
Genitive	losoH, losaH	loso, losa	losaeN
Dative	lusL	losaib	losaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

• Irish: lus
• Manx: lus
• Scottish Gaelic: lus

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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• IPA^(key): /lus/
• Rhymes: -lus
• Hyphenation: lus

lus

1. smoothness, softness
2. finesse
3. gentleness, subtleness

• > Javanese: ꦭꦸꦱ꧀ (lus) (inherited)

• "lus" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

From Old Norse lús, from Proto-Germanic *lūs.

lūs f

1. louse

• Swedish: lus

From Portuguese luz and Spanish luz and Kabuverdianu lus.

lus

1. light, lamp

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈlus/
  • (Southern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈlus/

lus m inan

1. (Central Greater Poland) Alternative form of luz (“spacious place”)
2. (Southern Greater Poland, in the plural) remains after raking sheaves that are raked into heaps

• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “w lusy”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 19
• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “lusy”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 30

From Old Irish lus (“plant, herb, vegetable”).

• IPA^(key): /l̪ˠus̪/

lus m (genitive singular luis or lusa, plural lusan)

1. plant, herb
2. weed

• luibh

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “lus”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Old Swedish lūs, from Old Norse lús, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *luHs-, *lewH-.

• Rhymes: -ʉːs

lus c

1. louse

• läslus (“bookworm”)

• lus in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Possibly related to Old Chinese 語 (OC *ŋaʔ, *ŋas, “word, language”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /lu˩/

lus

1. words, speech

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 119-120.