lui

• a lui

From Vulgar Latin *illūi, which is a form of Latin illī (dative singular of ille). Compare Romanian lui.

lui m (genitive form of el, feminine equivalent ljei, plural lor)

1. his

lui m ((long/stressed) dative form of el, feminine equivalent ljei, plural lor)

1. to him

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

• ljei (feminine equivalent)
• el/elu (masculine singular nominative and masculine singular accusative- long/stressed form)
• ãlj/ilj/lji (masculine/feminine singular dative- short/unstressed form)
• ãl (masculine singular accusative- short/unstressed form)
• (a) lor (masculine/feminine plural genitive and masculine/feminine plural dative- long/stressed form)

• IPA^(key): /lœy̯/

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From Middle Dutch loy, further etymology unsure. May be cognate with the Old Norse adjective lúinn (“exhausted”).

lui (comparative luier, superlative luist)

1. lazy

• luiaard
• luierik
• luiheid
• luilak
• luilekker
• luiwammes
• luie stoel
• liever lui dan moe

Short form of luiden, a variant of lieden.[1]

lui pl (plural only, diminutive luitjes n)

1. Alternative form of lieden

• wijlui, gijlui, zijlui
• jongelui

• uil

Borrowed from French louer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlui/
• Hyphenation: lu‧i
• Rhymes: -ui

lui (present luas, past luis, future luos, conditional luus, volitive luu)

1. (transitive) to rent (something from someone)

From Vulgar Latin *illūi, which is a Vulgar Latin form of Latin illī (dative singular of ille). The -ui ending in Vulgar Latin illui is due to the influence of cui.[1]

Cognate with Italian lui.

• IPA^(key): /lɥi/

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• Rhymes: -ɥi

lui

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.

   J'habitais avec lui.

   I was living with him.

   C'est lui qui a dit cela.

   It's he who said that.

   Lui, il n'en sait rien.

   He doesn't know anything about it.

   • 1873, Alphonse Daudet, Contes du Lundi, La Dernière Classe:

     Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications.

     I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations.

2. Him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object.

   Je lui ai donné le livre.

   I gave the book to him/her.

• cézigue (argot)

• lui-même

see the verb luire

lui (intransitive, hence invariable)

1. past participle of luire

• “lui” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Vulgar Latin *illūi, which is a Vulgar Latin form of Latin illī (dative singular of ille).

lui

1. he
2. you (formal)

From Vulgar Latin *illūi, which is a Vulgar Latin form of Latin illī (dative singular of ille). The ūi in illūi is modelled under influence of Vulgar Latin cūi (see Classical Latin cui).[1] Compare the Romanian cognate.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlui]

lui (plural loro, feminine lei)

1. he

   Synonym: egli

2. (disjunctive) him
3. it
   • 1472, Giusto de’ Conti, La bella mano, Giannalberto Tumermani (1750), page 122:

     Il cor meco s’adira, ed io con lui.

     My heart gets angry with me, and I with it.

   • 2000, Gianfranco Liori, Come un fumetto giapponese, Giunti (2008), page 64:

     Cercai il mio portafogli dentro lo zaino, ma era sparito anche lui e tutti i soldi che c’erano dentro.

     I looked for my wallet in the backpack, but it had disappeared as well, along with all the money inside.

luī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of luō

• lui in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

From Vulgar Latin *illūi, which is a form of Latin illī (dative singular of ille).

• IPA^(key): /luj/

lui m (genitive form of el, feminine equivalent ei, plural lor)

1. his

   Au ceasul lui?

   Do they have his watch?

• său

lui m (stressed dative form of el, feminine equivalent ei, plural lor)

1. (indirect object, third-person singular) to him

• îi (unstressed form)

• -lui

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [luj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [luj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [luj˧˧]

lui (𨙝, 𬰉, 𫩍, 𬧾)

1. to step back; to recede; to move backward; to retreat
2. to (fall, look, think) back
3. (of disease, anger, etc.) to abate; to decrease
4. (rare) Synonym of lùi (“to postpone”)