lei
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
lei (plural leis)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
See also edit
- Lei (Hawaii) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
lei
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Dutch leiden, from Middle Dutch leiden, from Old Dutch leiden, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną.
Verb edit
lei (present lei, present participle leidende or leiende, past participle gelei)
- to lead
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Dutch lei, from Middle Dutch leye, probably from Celtic and ultimately from a substrate language.
Noun edit
lei (uncountable)
- slate (stone)
Basque edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lei inan
Declension edit
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | lei | leia | leiak |
ergative | leik | leiak | leiek |
dative | leiri | leiari | leiei |
genitive | leiren | leiaren | leien |
comitative | leirekin | leiarekin | leiekin |
causative | leirengatik | leiarengatik | leiengatik |
benefactive | leirentzat | leiarentzat | leientzat |
instrumental | leiez | leiaz | leiez |
inessive | leitan | leian | leietan |
locative | leitako | leiko | leietako |
allative | leitara | leira | leietara |
terminative | leitaraino | leiraino | leietaraino |
directive | leitarantz | leirantz | leietarantz |
destinative | leitarako | leirako | leietarako |
ablative | leitatik | leitik | leietatik |
partitive | leirik | — | — |
prolative | leitzat | — | — |
Further reading edit
Bavarian edit
Alternative forms edit
Adverb edit
lei
Bourguignon edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Morvan) leu
Etymology edit
Noun edit
lei m (plural leis)
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch leye, probably an old Germanic loan from Gaulish *lēi, from Proto-Celtic *līwanks (compare *līwos (“stone”)), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w- (“stone”), see also Ancient Greek λᾶας (lâas, “stone”), Albanian lerë (“boulder”).
Noun edit
lei f (plural leien, diminutive leitje n)
- (uncountable) slate (material)
- (countable) slate (object)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: lei (dated)
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch leide, with the same development as in zeggen > zei.
Verb edit
lei
- (archaic) singular past indicative of leggen
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
lei
- lei (Hawaiian garland of flowers)
Declension edit
Inflection of lei (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | lei | leit | ||
genitive | lein | leiden leitten | ||
partitive | leitä | leitä | ||
illative | leihin | leihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | lei | leit | ||
accusative | nom. | lei | leit | |
gen. | lein | |||
genitive | lein | leiden leitten | ||
partitive | leitä | leitä | ||
inessive | leissä | leissä | ||
elative | leistä | leistä | ||
illative | leihin | leihin | ||
adessive | leillä | leillä | ||
ablative | leiltä | leiltä | ||
allative | leille | leille | ||
essive | leinä | leinä | ||
translative | leiksi | leiksi | ||
abessive | leittä | leittä | ||
instructive | — | lein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “lei”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
lei (nonstandard, obsolete)
- leu (unit of currency of Romania and Moldova)
Declension edit
Inflection of lei (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | lei | leit | ||
genitive | lein | leiden leitten | ||
partitive | leitä | leitä | ||
illative | leihin | leihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | lei | leit | ||
accusative | nom. | lei | leit | |
gen. | lein | |||
genitive | lein | leiden leitten | ||
partitive | leitä | leitä | ||
inessive | leissä | leissä | ||
elative | leistä | leistä | ||
illative | leihin | leihin | ||
adessive | leillä | leillä | ||
ablative | leiltä | leiltä | ||
allative | leille | leille | ||
essive | leinä | leinä | ||
translative | leiksi | leiksi | ||
abessive | leittä | leittä | ||
instructive | — | lein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Synonyms edit
- (unit of currency): leu
Anagrams edit
Friulian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō.
Verb edit
lei (past participle let)
- to read
Related terms edit
Galician edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese lei, ley, from earlier lee, from Latin lex, lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s < *leǵ-.
Noun edit
lei f (plural leis)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
lei m pl
Hawaiian edit
Noun edit
lei (ka)
- lei, a wreath of flowers or leaves
- necklace
- (by extension) child, carried on the shoulders like a lei
Verb edit
lei
- to leap
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *illei or *illaei, which is a Vulgar Latin form of Classical Latin illī (dative singular of illa). The Vulgar Latin form *illei is modelled under influence of Vulgar Latin *illūi, whence also lui.[1] The formal address Lei appears in the 16th century in connection with Signoria (“Lordship”), Eccellenza (“Excellency”), Santità (“Holiness”) and Magnificenza,[2] alongside Voi.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
lei f (plural loro, masculine lui)
- she
- her
- it
- 1320, Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy, Amadeo Augusto Lange (1788), page 161:
- La pioggia cadde, e a’ foſſati venne / Di lei ciò che la terra non ſofferſe
- The rain fell and into the channels ran / Whatever of it was not absorbed by the ground
- ca. 1349-1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron, Tipografia della Società Belgica (1841), page 228:
- […] videro il drappo, et in quello la testa, non ancor sì consumata, che essi alla capellatura crespa non conoscessero lei esser quella di Lorenzo.
- […] they saw the cloth and the head wrapped inside it, which was not yet sufficiently decomposed that they could not help but identify it, from the curly hair, as being Lorenzo’s.
- ca. 1349-1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron, Tipografia della Società Belgica (1841), page 512:
- […] Filomena in ciò che dell’amistà dice, racconta il vero, e con ragione nel fine delle sue parole si dolse lei oggi così poco da’ mortali esser gradita.
- […] Philomena is in the right as to what she has said upon friendship; and it was with reason she complained, last of all, of its being in such little esteem with mankind […]
- 1984, Stefano Benni, Stranalandia, Feltrinelli, published 2015, page 76:
- La banana di Stranalandia è alla base dell’economia dell’isola. Senza di lei la vita qui sarebbe molto dura.
- The banana of Strangeland forms the basis of the island’s economy. Without it, life here would be very tough.
- 1320, Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy, Amadeo Augusto Lange (1788), page 161:
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
Pronoun edit
lei m (plural voi)
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
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Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Conjunctive | Disjunctive | Locative | Partitive |
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Singular | first | — | io | mi, m', -mi | me | me | — | |||
second | — | tu | ti, t', -ti | te | te | |||||
third | m | lui | si2, s', -si | lo, l', -lo | gli, -gli | glie, se2 | lui, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | |
f | lei, Lei1 | la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1 | le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1 | lei, Lei1, sé | ||||||
Plural | first | — | noi | ci, c', -ci | ce | noi | — | |||
second | — | voi, Voi4 | vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4 | ve | voi, Voi4 | |||||
third | m | loro, Loro1 | si, s', -si | li, Li1, -li, -Li1 | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro1 |
glie, se | loro, Loro1, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | |
f | le, Le1, -le, -Le1 | |||||||||
1 | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | |||||||||
2 | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | |||||||||
3 | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | |||||||||
4 | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). |
References edit
Anagrams edit
Luxembourgish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lei
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘞
lei
- Nonstandard spelling of lēi.
- Nonstandard spelling of léi.
- Nonstandard spelling of lěi.
- Nonstandard spelling of lèi.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Northern Sami edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lei
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
lei (masculine and feminine lei, neuter leit, definite singular and plural leie, comparative leiere, indefinite superlative leiest, definite superlative leieste)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
lei f or m (definite singular leia or leien, indefinite plural leier, definite plural leiene)
Etymology 3 edit
Alternative forms edit
- (of lide) led
Verb edit
lei
- simple past of lide
- imperative of leie
References edit
- “lei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
lei f (definite singular leia, indefinite plural leier, definite plural leiene)
- (maritime) route, sea route (a route, mostly along a coastline or between islands, that is safe to sail)
- direction
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
lei (masculine and feminine lei, neuter leitt, definite singular and plural leie, comparative leiare, indefinite superlative leiast, definite superlative leiaste)
Declension edit
lei seg
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
lei
- imperative of leie
Etymology 4 edit
Verb edit
lei
References edit
- “lei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Article edit
lei m pl or f pl
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin lex, legem.
Noun edit
lei oblique singular, f (oblique plural lez, nominative singular lei, nominative plural lez)
- a law
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
- ley (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese lei, ley, from earlier lee, from Latin lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s < *leǵ-.
Cognate with Galician lei, Spanish ley, Catalan llei, Occitan lei, French loi, Italian legge and Romanian lege.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: lei
Noun edit
lei f (plural leis)
- law
- 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 1st canto:
- E aqueles, que por obras valerosas / Se vão da lei da morte libertando.
- And those who by valourous deeds free themselves from the law of Death.
- 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 1st canto:
Related terms edit
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lei m pl
Sardinian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish ley, from Latin lex, legem.
Noun edit
lei
Scots edit
Verb edit
lei (third-person singular simple present leis, present participle leiin, simple past leid, past participle leid)
- (South Scots) Alternative form of lee.
Spanish edit
Noun edit
lei m pl
Zou edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *lay, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-lay. Cognates include Burmese လျှာ (hlya) and Tibetan ལྕེ (lce).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lei
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *lay, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-lis. Cognates include Burmese မြေ (mre) and Tibetan གལྱི (glyi).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
léi
- earth
- 1992, Holy Bible In Zou, Siemchilbu 1:1:
- Achiil in Paisan Lei leh Van asiem.
- In the beginning God created the Earth and Heaven.
- land
- ground, soil
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *lay, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-lay. Cognates include Burmese လှေကား (hleka:, “ladder”) and Chinese 梯 (tī, “ladder”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lèi
References edit
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 62