leda
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
leda
- only, just
- except for
- Tudy se nikam nedostaneš, leda ke hřbitovu.
- You won't get anywhere this way, except for the cemetery.
- (archaic) sloppily, carelessly
- Synonym: ledabyle
Conjunction edit
leda
Further reading edit
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
leda (accusative singular ledan, plural ledaj, accusative plural ledajn)
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French laid, Italian laido.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
leda
- ugly
- Antonym: bela
- Nula led anadyuni aparas en la rakonto di Leda e la cigno. ― No ugly ducklings appear in the story of Leda and the swan.
- 1955, The International Language Review, page 39:
- Es nul kauzo supozar ke irg frukto de raciono es leda, neutila, vana, senefika.
- There is no reason to suppose that any fruit of reason is ugly, useless, vain, ineffective.
Derived terms edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
leda
- inflection of ledere:
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
leda
- inflection of lede:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse liða and hliða.
Verb edit
leda (present tense ledar, past tense leda, past participle leda, passive infinitive ledast, present participle ledande, imperative leda/led)
- Alternative form of lea
Etymology 2 edit
From led (“part, joint”) + -a (“-ed”).
Alternative forms edit
Adjective edit
leda (singular and plural leda)
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
leda n
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
leda f
References edit
- “leda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Old Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *laidijan. Cognate with Old English lǣdan, Old Saxon lēdian.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lēda
- (transitive) to lead
Descendants edit
- West Frisian: liede
References edit
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
lȅda
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Swedish lēþa, from Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną.
Verb edit
leda (present leder, preterite ledde, supine lett, imperative led)
- to (gently) lead; to guide, to conduct
- to be in the lead; to be the leader of a competition
- to guide, to direct; to be in a position of leadership
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | leda | ledas | ||
Supine | lett | letts | ||
Imperative | led | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | leden | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | leder | ledde | leds, ledes | leddes |
Ind. plural1 | leda | ledde | ledas | leddes |
Subjunctive2 | lede | ledde | ledes | leddes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | ledande | |||
Past participle | ledd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See led.
Adjective edit
leda
Noun edit
leda c
Declension edit
Declension of leda | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | leda | ledan | — | — |
Genitive | ledas | ledans | — | — |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- leda in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- leda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- leda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)