lê
See also: Appendix:Variations of "le"
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From a merger of Dutch leggen (“to lay”) and liggen (“to lie”). Formally, the forms with -ê- are from leggen, while the alternative present participle is from liggen (as is the lexicalised past participle geleë).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lê (present lê, present participle liggende, past participle gelê)
- (intransitive) to lie (to be in a horizontal position)
- Hy lê op die bed.
- He's lying on the bed.
- (transitive) to lay (to put into a horizontal position)
- Hy lê sy tas op die bed.
- He lays his bag on the bed.
Synonyms edit
- (to lay): neerlê (more common)
Related terms edit
Emilian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin illa (feminine of ille), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“beyond, other”). Cognates include French elle.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
lê (personal, disjunctive case)
Related terms edit
Emilian personal pronouns (strong forms)
Number | Person | Gender | Disjunctive (tonic) |
Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct complement) |
Dative (indirect complement) |
Reflexive (-self) |
Comitative (with) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | First | — | mè | a | me | mêg | ||
Second | — | tè | et | te | têg | |||
Third | Masculine | ló | al | ge | se | sêg | ||
Feminine | lê | la | ||||||
Plural | First | Masculine | nuēter | a | se | nōsk | ||
Feminine | nuētri | |||||||
Second | Masculine | vuēter | a | ve | vōsk | |||
Feminine | vuētri | |||||||
Third | Masculine | lôr | i | ge | se | sêg | ||
Feminine | el | li |
Galician edit
Verb edit
lê
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ler:
Guerrero Amuzgo edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
lê
Ligurian edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
lê
Usage notes edit
- Because the pronoun is not gender-specific, it is followed:
- by o if the gender is masculine
- lê o l'é bèllo ― he is handsome
- by a if the gender is feminine
- lê a l'é bèlla ― she is beautiful
- by o if the gender is masculine
See also edit
Macanese edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese ler.
Verb edit
lê
- to read
- tâ lê ― he is reading
- Si cava lê, pegá dá, nadi assi consumido.
- To give it back after reading, it won't be as annoying.
References edit
Northern Kurdish edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eː
Conjunction edit
lê
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lê
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 梨.
Noun edit
(classifier cây, trái, quả) lê
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
- to drag (one's feet)
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
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