lie – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of lie

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to lie in
Participle: lain in; lied in
Gerund: lying in

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ilie in
youlie in
he;she;itlies in
welie in
youlie in
theylie in

Perfect

Ihave lain in; lied in
youhave lain in; lied in
he;she;ithas lain in; lied in
wehave lain in; lied in
youhave lain in; lied in
theyhave lain in; lied in

Past

Ilay in; lied in
youlay in; lied in
he;she;itlay in; lied in
welay in; lied in
youlay in; lied in
theylay in; lied in

Pluperfect

Ihad lain in; lied in
youhad lain in; lied in
he;she;ithad lain in; lied in
wehad lain in; lied in
youhad lain in; lied in
theyhad lain in; lied in

Future

Iwill lie in
youwill lie in
he;she;itwill lie in
wewill lie in
youwill lie in
theywill lie in

Future Perfect

Iwill have lain in; lied in
youwill have lain in; lied in
he;she;itwill have lain in; lied in
wewill have lain in; lied in
youwill have lain in; lied in
theywill have lain in; lied in

Subjunctive

Present

Ilie in
youlie in
he;she;itlie in
welie in
youlie in
theylie in

Perfect

Ihave lain in; lied in
youhave lain in; lied in
he;she;ithave lain in; lied in
wehave lain in; lied in
youhave lain in; lied in
theyhave lain in; lied in

Imperfect

Ilay in; lied in
youlay in; lied in
he;she;itlay in; lied in
welay in; lied in
youlay in; lied in
theylay in; lied in

Pluperfect

Ihad lain in; lied in
youhad lain in; lied in
he;she;ithad lain in; lied in
wehad lain in; lied in
youhad lain in; lied in
theyhad lain in; lied in

Conditional

Present

Iwould lie in
youwould lie in
he;she;itwould lie in
wewould lie in
youwould lie in
theywould lie in

Perfect

Iwould have lain in; lied in
youwould have lain in; lied in
he;she;itwould have lain in; lied in
wewould have lain in; lied in
youwould have lain in; lied in
theywould have lain in; lied in

Imperative

youlie in
weLet's lie in
youlie in

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam lying in
youare lying in
he;she;itis lying in
weare lying in
youare lying in
theyare lying in

Perfect

Ihave been lying in
youhave been lying in
he;she;ithas been lying in
wehave been lying in
youhave been lying in
theyhave been lying in

Past

Iwas lying in
youwere lying in
he;she;itwas lying in
wewere lying in
youwere lying in
theywere lying in

Pluperfect

Ihad been lying in
youhad been lying in
he;she;ithad been lying in
wehad been lying in
youhad been lying in
theyhad been lying in

Future

Iwill be lying in
youwill be lying in
he;she;itwill be lying in
wewill be lying in
youwill be lying in
theywill be lying in

Future Perfect

Iwill have been lying in
youwill have been lying in
he;she;itwill have been lying in
wewill have been lying in
youwill have been lying in
theywill have been lying in

Conditional

Present

Iwould be lying in
youwould be lying in
he;she;itwould be lying in
wewould be lying in
youwould be lying in
theywould be lying in

Perfect

Iwould have been lying in
youwould have been lying in
he;she;itwould have been lying in
wewould have been lying in
youwould have been lying in
theywould have been lying in

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'lie'

lie, overlie, underlie,

Verbs similar to 'lie'

die, gie, hie, lee, lib, lid, lig, lige, like, lime,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

falsify
prevaricate, equivocate, rig, gerrymander, fib, palter
recline
rest, breathe, spell

Additional Information

Lie meaning not telling the truth is regular.
Cf. also Old English 'licgan'.

Etymology

1. "speak falsely," O.E. legan, ligan, earlier leogan (class II strong verb; past tense leag, pp. logen), from P.Gmc. *leugan (cf. O.N. ljuga, Dan. lyve, O.Fris. liaga, Ger. lügen, Goth. liugan), from PIE base *leugh- "to tell a lie."
2. From Middle English lien, liggen, from Old English liċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with Yola lee, lidge (“to lie”), leigh, leiough (“to idle”), North Frisian lade, lai, laie, lei, lii, läde, läie (“to lie; to lay”), Saterland Frisian lääse (“to lie; to lay”), West Frisian lizze (“to lie”), Alemannic German ligge (“to lie”), Central Franconian lijje (“to lie”), Dutch and Dutch Low Saxon liggen (“to lie”), German liegen (“to lie”), German Low German ligge, liggen (“to lie”), Luxembourgish leien (“to lie”), Yiddish ליגן (lign, “to lie”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ligge (“to lie”), Faroese and Icelandic liggja (“to lie”), Norwegian Nynorsk ligge, liggja, liggje (“to lie”), Swedish ligga (“to lie”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan, “to lie, to rest”); and with Irish laigh, luigh (“to lie”), Manx lhie (“lie; lay”), Scottish Gaelic laigh (“lie; lay”), Faliscan 𐌋𐌄𐌂𐌄𐌕 (lecet, “he lies down”), Latin lectus (“bed”), South Picene 𐌅𐌄𐌉𐌀𐌕 (veiat, “to lie”), Ancient Greek λέχομαι (lékhomai, “to lie down”), Albanian lag (“band, encampment, troop”), Belarusian ляжа́ць (ljažácʹ, “to lie”), Bulgarian лежа́ (ležá, “to lie”), Czech ležet (“to lie”), Macedonian лежи (leži, “to lie”), Polish leżeć (“to lie”), Russian лежа́ть (ležátʹ, “to lie”), Serbo-Croatian лѐжати, lèžati (“to lie”), Slovene ležáti (“to lie”), Ukrainian лежа́ти (ležáty, “to lie”), Tocharian B lyäk- (“to lie”).
5. As a noun for position, the noun has the same etymology above as the verb. See: Middle English 'lien', Proto-Germanic '*ligjaną', Frisian, Northern 'lade', Frisian, Saterlandic 'lääse', Alemannic German 'ligge', German, old spelling 'liegen', Luxembourgish 'leien', Norwegian, nynorsk 'ligge', Swedish 'ligga', Irish 'laigh', Manx 'lhie', Scots Gaelic 'laigh', Greek, Ancient 'λέχομαι', Albanian 'lag', Belarusan 'ляжа́ць', Czech 'ležet', Macedonian 'лежи', Polish 'leżeć', Russian 'лежа́ть', Slovene 'ležáti', Ukrainian 'лежа́ти'.

Verbs referencing "lie"

German, Pennsylvania liege, Norwegian, nynorsk liggja, German, old spelling liegen, Low Saxon liggen, German, old spelling lügen, Greek, Ancient λέχομαι, Danish lyve, Alemannic German ligge, Danish ligge, Norwegian ligge, Luxembourgish leien, Luxembourgish léien, German, Pennsylvania leie.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] ’ friends and passengers ’ luggage, all jumbled together on the deck of a small steamboat, and panting and snorting off to the packet, which had worked out of dock yesterday afternoon and was now lying at her moorings in the river. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • And there she is ! all eyes are turned to where she lies, dimly discernible through the gathering fog of the early winter afternoon; every finger is pointed in the same direction; and murmurs of interest and admiration—as ‘How beautiful she looks ! ’ ‘How [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] is to be found nowhere but on board ship, and which is such a subtle perfume that it seems to enter at every pore of the skin, and whisper of the hold. Two passengers ’ wives (one of them my own ) lay already in silent agonies on the sofa; and one lady 's maid (my lady 's ) was a mere bundle on the floor, execrating her destiny, and pounding her curl-papers among the stray boxes. [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] and the very remarkable and far from exhilarating sounds raised in their various state-rooms by the seventy passengers who were too ill to get up to breakfast. I say nothing of them: for although I lay listening to this concert for three or four days, I do n't think I heard it for more than a quarter of a minute, at the expiration of which term, I lay down again, excessively sea-sick. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] I say nothing of them: for although I lay listening to this concert for three or four days, I do n't think I heard it for more than a quarter of a minute, at the expiration of which term, I lay down again, excessively sea-sick. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Not sea-sick, be it understood, in the ordinary acceptation of the term: I wish I had been: but in a form which I have never seen or heard described, though I have no doubt it is very common. I lay there, all the day long, quite coolly and contentedly; with no sense of weariness, with no desire to get up, or get better, or take the air; with no curiosity, or care, or regret, of any sort or [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] eyes when I literally ‘ tumbled up ’ on deck at noon, I never saw. Ocean and sky were all of one dull, heavy, uniform, lead colour. There was no extent of prospect even over the dreary waste that lay around us, for the sea ran high, and the horizon encompassed us like a large black hoop. Viewed from the air, or some tall bluff on shore, it would have been imposing and stupendous, no doubt; but [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • The weather continuing obstinately and almost unprecedentedly bad, we usually straggled into this cabin, more or less faint and miserable, about an hour before noon, and lay down on the sofas to recover; during which interval, the captain would look in to communicate the state of the wind, the moral certainty of its changing to-morrow (the weather is always going to [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • The heaviest load on his mind, after his conversation with the trader, lay in the foreseen necessity of breaking to his wife the arrangement contemplated,—meeting the importunities and opposition which he knew he should have reason to encounter. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • We lay there seven hours, to deliver and exchange the mails. At length, having collected all our bags and all our passengers (including two or three choice spirits, who, having indulged too freely in [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Lanyard, you heard him. March ! I 've never lied to you, Crane. (The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance)
  • ROBIN: I'll watch the storm. All right, lay down. Close your eyes. You can sleep. (The Death of Robin Hood)
  • Our natural business lies in escaping. If I can take this oath, I will. (A Man for All Seasons)
  • ♪ That's when the heavens will part ♪ ♪ And, baby, shower you with my love ♪ ♪ Open your eyes ♪ ♪ Your heart can tell you no lies ♪ (Descendants: Wicked Wonderland)
  • ♪ Father lay your head Upon my shoulder ♪ ♪ You don't even need A reason ♪ (Reverse the Curse)