leje

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From lë, with -je feminizing suffix.

Noun edit

leje f

Related terms edit

lë
lejoj

Central Franconian edit

Alternative forms edit

leeje, lege (alternative spellings)
lüjje (Ripuarian variant, from the 2nd and 3rd persons singular under standard German influence)
liehe (southern Moselle Franconian)
leie, luje (Kirchröadsj)

Etymology edit

From Middle High German liegen, from Old High German liogan, from Proto-West Germanic *leugan.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈleːjə/

Verb edit

leje (third-person singular present lüch or leecht, past tense looch, past participle jeloge or geloge)

(Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to lie; to tell lies
Dä lüch, wann e ald de Muul opmäht.
He lies whenever he opens his mouth.

Usage notes edit

The forms lüch; looch; jeloge are Ripuarian, while leecht; looch; geloge are Moselle Franconian.

Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈlɛjɛ]

Verb edit

leje

inflection of lít:
1. third-person singular present
2. masculine singular present transgressive
Synonym: lije

Danish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /lajə/, [ˈlɑːɪ]
Homophone: lege

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Danish leghæ, læghæ, a merger of two nouns: 1. Old Norse lega f (“lying in bed”), from Proto-Germanic *legǭ; and 2. Old Norse lægi n (“anchorage”), from Proto-Germanic *lēgiją. Both nouns are derived from the verb Proto-Germanic *ligjaną (“to lie”).

Noun edit

leje n (singular definite lejet, plural indefinite lejer)

bed, bedding (anything that someone lies on)
lair, den, form, seat
bearing
berth (space for a ship to moor)
fishing hamlet
pitch, range
presentation (position of the foetus in the uterus at birth)

Declension edit

Declension of leje

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	leje	lejet	lejer	lejerne
genitive	lejes	lejets	lejers	lejernes

References edit

“leje,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Danish leghæ, from Old Norse leiga (“rent”), from Proto-Germanic *laigǭ, cognate with Norwegian leie, Swedish lega. Derived from Proto-Germanic *līhwaną (“to lend”), which is the source of Old Norse ljá and German leihen.

Noun edit

leje c (singular definite lejen, plural indefinite lejer)

rent, rental
renting, hire, leasing, chartering

Declension edit

Declension of leje

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	leje	lejen	lejer	lejerne
genitive	lejes	lejens	lejers	lejernes

References edit

“leje,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3 edit

From Old Danish leghæ, from Old Norse leigja (“to rent”), from Proto-Germanic *laigijaną, cognate with Norwegian leie, Swedish leja. Related to the former word.

Verb edit

leje (past tense lejede, past participle lejet)

rent, hire, lease, charter

Conjugation edit

Inflection of leje

	present	past
simple	lejer	lejede
perfect	har lejet	havde lejet
passive	lejes	lejedes
participle	lejende	lejet
imperative	lej	—
infinitive	leje	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	lejen	—

References edit

“leje,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

lej (“leu”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈlɛjɛ]
Hyphenation: le‧je

Noun edit

leje

third-person singular single-possession possessive of lej

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	leje	—
accusative	lejét	—
dative	lejének	—
instrumental	lejével	—
causal-final	lejéért	—
translative	lejévé	—
terminative	lejéig	—
essive-formal	lejeként	—
essive-modal	lejéül	—
inessive	lejében	—
superessive	lején	—
adessive	lejénél	—
illative	lejébe	—
sublative	lejére	—
allative	lejéhez	—
elative	lejéből	—
delative	lejéről	—
ablative	lejétől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	lejéé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	lejééi	—