lend
Loan)Loan (permission to borrow (something)).
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» Will you lend me your dictionary?
Leihst du mir dein Wörterbuch? — BraveSentry
Leihst du mir dein Wörterbuch aus? — Kuraimegami
Würden Sie mir Ihr Wörterbuch leihen? — Kuraimegami
Вы не одолжите мне ваш словарь? — Olya
Даш мені свій словник? — deniko
Позичиш мені свій словник? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(dialectal, with definite article)Loan (permission to borrow (something)).
(UK, dialectal)The lumbar region; loin.
(UK, dialectal)The loins; flank; buttocks.
Examples
1414 sentencesWill you lend me your dictionary?
Даш мені свій словник? — deniko
ruВы не одолжите мне ваш словарь? — Olya
deLeihst du mir dein Wörterbuch? — BraveSentry
Would you lend me your pen?
Позичиш мені свою ручку? — deniko
ruМожно взять твою ручку? — Olya
Would you lend me your knife?
Ти позичиш мені свій ніж? — menix
ruТы одолжишь мне свой нож? — ae5s
deWürdest du mir dein Messer leihen? — Dejo
Could you lend me the book?
Чи міг би ти позичити мені книгу? — aandrusiak
ruТы не мог бы одолжить мне эту книгу? — marafon
deKönntest du mir das Buch ausborgen? — Vortarulo
I can't lend you any money.
Я не можу позичити тобі гроші. — deniko
ruЯ не могу одолжить тебе денег. — Lenin_1917
deIch kann dir kein Geld leihen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From earlier len (with excrescent -d, as in sound), from Middle English lenen, lænen, fromFrom earlier len (with excrescent -d, as in sound), from Middle English lenen, lænen, from Old English lǣnan (“to lend; give, grant, lease”), from Proto-West Germanic *laihnijan, from Proto-Germanic *laihnijaną (“to loan”), from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave, leave over”).
From Middle English lende (usually in plural as lendes, leendes, lyndes), from Old English lendenu, lendino (“loins”), plural of Old English lenden (“loin”), from Proto-West Germanic *landī, from Proto-Germanic *landį̄ (“loin”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“loin, kidney”). Cognate with Scots lend, leynd (“the loins, flank, buttocks”), Dutch lendenen (“loins, reins”), German Lenden (“loins”), Swedish länder (“loins”), Danish lænd (“loin”), Icelandic lendar (“loins”), Latin lumbus (“loin”) (whence loin),
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Forms
plural: lendsLessons for this word
1 lessons- B1Confusing pairs of words — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- lend money to
- willing to lend
- please lend
- lend money
- lent my umbrella
- offered to lend
- lent some money
- lend this book
- lend a hand
- to lend money
- enough to lend
- than to lend
See also
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