See also: Leda, léda, and -leda

Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛda]
  • Hyphenation: le‧da

Adverb edit

leda

  1. only, just
    Synonyms: jen, jenom, pouze
    Leda blázen by tohle udělal.
    Only a fool would do this.
  2. except for
    Tudy se nikam nedostaneš, leda ke hřbitovu.
    You won't get anywhere this way, except for the cemetery.
  3. (archaic) sloppily, carelessly
    Synonym: ledabyle

Conjunction edit

leda

  1. unless, only if
    Synonyms: leč, ledaže, vyjma, jen
    Tam se autem nedostaneme, leda bychom jeli velkou oklikou.
    We won't get there by car, unless we make a big detour.

Further reading edit

  • leda in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • leda in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • leda in Internetová jazyková příručka

Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

From ledo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈleda]
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -eda
  • Hyphenation: le‧da

Adjective edit

leda (accusative singular ledan, plural ledaj, accusative plural ledajn)

  1. leather

Ido edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French laidItalian laido.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

leda

  1. 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

  • ledeskar (to uglify, intransitive verb)
  • ledigar (to uglify, transitive verb)
  • ledo (ugly person, fright)

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.da/
  • Rhymes: -ɛda
  • Hyphenation: lè‧da

Verb edit

leda

  1. inflection of ledere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

leda

  1. inflection of lede:
    1. simple past
    2. 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)

  1. Alternative form of lea

Etymology 2 edit

From led (part, joint) +‎ -a (-ed).

Alternative forms edit

Adjective edit

leda (singular and plural leda)

  1. (especially in compounds) composed of parts (in sequence)

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

leda n

  1. definite plural of led

Etymology 4 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

leda f

  1. definite singular of led

References edit

Anagrams edit

Old Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *laidijan. Cognate with Old English lǣdan, Old Saxon lēdian.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈleːda/, [ˈlɛːda]

Verb edit

lēda

  1. (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

  1. genitive singular of led

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)

  1. to (gently) lead; to guide, to conduct
  2. to be in the lead; to be the leader of a competition
  3. to guide, to direct; to be in a position of leadership
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See led.

Adjective edit

leda

  1. inflection of led:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Noun edit

leda c

  1. boredom, aversion (towards something one has had too much of)
Declension edit
Declension of leda 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative leda ledan
Genitive ledas ledans
Derived terms edit

References edit

Anagrams edit