លយ

Khmer

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic លយ
ly
WT romanisation lɔɔy
(standard) IPA(key) /lɔːj/

Etymology 1

Doublet of លុយ (luy, “to​ wade”). Compare also Thai ลุย (lui, “to wade”), Thai ลอย (lɔɔi, “to float”).

Verb

លយ • (lɔɔy) (abstract noun ការលយ)

  1. to float, to drift
  2. to set adrift

Etymology 2

From Old Khmer *loy ~ *lay (“to jut, to protrude, to go too far”). Compare Vietnamese lòi, lồi.

Verb

លយ • (lɔɔy) (abstract noun ការលយ)

  1. to bulge, to protrude, to project

Affixed forms
  • ព្រលយ (prôlôy)

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • laya (Latin script)
  • 𑀮𑀬 (Brahmi script)
  • लय (Devanagari script)
  • লয (Bengali script)
  • ලය (Sinhalese script)
  • လယ (Burmese script)
  • ลย or ละยะ (Thai script)
  • ᩃᨿ (Tai Tham script)
  • ລຍ or ລະຍະ or ລະຢະ (Lao script)
  • 𑄣𑄠 (Chakma script)

Noun

លយ m

  1. Khmer script form of laya (“a brief measure of time”)

Declension
Declension table of "លយ" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)លយោ (layo)លយា (layā)
Accusative (second)លយំ (layaṃ)លយេ (laye)
Instrumental (third)លយេន (layena)លយេហិ (layehi) or លយេភិ (layebhi)
Dative (fourth)លយស្ស (layassa) or លយាយ (layāya) or លយត្ថំ (layatthaṃ)លយានំ (layānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)លយស្មា (layasmā) or លយម្ហា (layamhā) or លយា (layā)លយេហិ (layehi) or លយេភិ (layebhi)
Genitive (sixth)លយស្ស (layassa)លយានំ (layānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)លយស្មិំ (layasmiṃ) or លយម្ហិ (layamhi) or លយេ (laye)លយេសុ (layesu)
Vocative (calling)លយ (laya)លយា (layā)
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