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lull⋅a⋅by
[luhl-uh-bahy] 
noun, plural -bies, verb, -bied, -by⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | a song used to lull a child to sleep; cradlesong. |
| 2. | any lulling song. |
–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to lull with or as with a lullaby. |
Origin:
1550–60; equiv. to lulla, lulla(y), interj. used in cradlesongs (late ME lullai, lulli) + -by, as in bye-bye
1550–60; equiv. to lulla, lulla(y), interj. used in cradlesongs (late ME lullai, lulli) + -by, as in bye-bye
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| lull·a·by (lŭl'ə-bī') n. pl. lull·a·bies A soothing song with which to lull a child to sleep. tr.v. lull·a·bied, lull·a·bying, lull·a·bies To quiet with or as if with a lullaby. [Obsolete lulla, word used in lullabies (from Middle English lullai, from lullen, to lull; see lull) + bye2.] |
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lullaby
lull"a*by\, n. [From Lull, v. t. ]1. A song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep; that which quiets. --Shak. 2. Hence: Good night; good-by. [Obs.] --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : lullaby
Spanish:
nana, canción de cuna,
German:
das Wiegenlied,
Japanese:
子守唄
lullaby
c.1560, lulley by, from M.E. lollai, lullay, from lullen (see lull). Second element perhaps from by-by "good-by."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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