leden
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English leden, leoden, from Old English lēoden (“national or popular language”). More at leid and leed.
Noun
editleden (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Language; speech.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- he was expert in prophecies, / And could the ledden of the gods unfold […]
Anagrams
editCzech
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Czech leden, from Proto-Slavic *ledьnъ. By surface analysis, led (“ice”) + -en.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editleden m inan (related adjective lednový)
- January
- Narodil jsem se šestého ledna roku 1981. ― I was born on the sixth of January 1981.
Usage notes
editThe genitive is used with dates without a preposition.
Declension
editDerived terms
editSee also
edit- (Gregorian calendar months) měsíc gregoriánského kalendáře; leden, únor, březen, duben, květen, červen, červenec, srpen, září, říjen, listopad, prosinec (Category: cs:Months)
Further reading
editDanish
editAdjective
editleden (neuter ledet, plural and definite singular attributive ledne)
- (archaic) Passed, over, finished.
- 1826, Carl Christian Rafn, Krakas maal: eller Kvad om kong Ragnar Lodbroks krigsbedrifter og heltedød, page 25:
- Glad skal jeg Øl med Aser / I Öndvege drikke / Ledne er Livets Timer / Leende gaaer jeg i Døden!
- Happily shall I beer with the Æsir / In the seat of honour drink / The hours of life are over / Laughing, I walk into death!
- 1820, Dansk Ordbog: I - L, page 94:
- Leden adj. part. af v. lider procedo. Som er til Ende, forløben. Da vare ledne (forløbne) 4 Aar siden. Der hans meste Alder var leden (forbi). ...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun
editleden c
Verb
editleden
- common past participle of lide
Dutch
editPronunciation
editNoun
editleden
Verb
editleden
- inflection of lijden:
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editMiddle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old English lǣdan, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editVerb
editleden
- to lead (guide, conduct, direct)
- 1395, Wycliffe Bible, Romans 2:4[1]:
- Whether `dispisist thou the richessis of his goodnesse, and the pacience, and the long abidyng? Knowist thou not, that the benygnyte of God ledith thee to forthenkyng?
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- 1395, Wycliffe Bible, II Chronicles 25:11[2]:
- Forsothe Amasie ledde out tristili his puple, and yede in to the valei of makyngis of salt, and he killide of the sones of Seir ten thousynde.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1395, Wycliffe Bible, Isaiah 53:7[3]:
- He was offrid, for he wolde, and he openyde not his mouth; as a scheep he schal be led to sleyng, and he schal be doumb as a lomb bifore hym that clippith it, and he schal not opene his mouth.
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- to lead (manage, oversee, administrate)
- to lead (rule, head, hold ultimate authority)
- to carry, take, bring
- to put, place, set down
- to lead (a life), to live
- to cause, engender, beget
Conjugation
editinfinitive | (to) leden, lede | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | lede | ledde | |
2nd-person singular | ledest | leddest | |
3rd-person singular | ledeth, let | ledde | |
subjunctive singular | lede | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | leden, lede | ledden, ledde | |
imperative plural | ledeth, lede | — | |
participles | ledynge, ledende | led, yled |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “lēden, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-25.
Etymology 2
editFrom led (“lead”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editVerb
editleden
- To cover in lead; to attach lead to.
- To make out of lead.
- (figurative, rare) To dumb down; to stupidify.
Conjugation
edit1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
edit- English: lead (“cover in lead”)
References
edit- “lēden, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
editFrom Old English lēaden; equivalent to led + -en (“made of”).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editleden
Descendants
edit- English: leaden
References
edit- “leden,, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 28 April 2018.
Etymology 4
editA conflation of Old English lēoden (“national language”); and Lǣden (“Latin”).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editleden
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “lē̆den, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-25.
Etymology 5
editFrom Old English lēodan; equivalent to lede (“people”) + -en (plural suffix).
Noun
editleden
- (Early Middle English) plural of lede (“people”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editleden m
Anagrams
editOld Czech
editAlternative forms
edit- ľeden (alternative writing)
Etymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *ledьnъ. By surface analysis, led (“ice”) + -en.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editleden m inan
Declension
editsingular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | leden | ledny | ledni, lednové |
genitive | ledna, lednu | lednú | lednóv |
dative | lednu | lednoma | lednóm |
accusative | leden | ledny | ledny |
vocative | ledne | ledny | ledni, lednové |
locative | ledně, lednu | lednú | ledniech |
instrumental | lednem | lednoma | ledny |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants
edit- Czech: leden
See also
edit- (Gregorian calendar months) měsiec v kalendáři; leden, únor, břězen, duben, máj, črven, črvnec, srpen, zářuj, řújen, listopad, prosinec (Category: zlw-ocs:Months)
Further reading
edit- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “leden”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *leděnъ. Cognate with Russian ледяной (ledjanoj), led (ice) or sladoled (sweet ice = ice cream).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editlȅden (Cyrillic spelling ле̏ден, definite lȅdenī, comparative ledènijī)
- (relational) ice; icy, glacial
- cold, frigid, chilled
- ledena kava ― iced coffee
- crystalline, clear and transparent
- relating to the ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
- (figuratively) unwelcoming, coldhearted, unfeeling
- (figuratively) (of fear, doubt, or surprise) immobilizing
Usage notes
editHistorically, lȅdan primarily meant “of or relating to ice”, while lȅden primarily meant “made of ice”, but each was often used for the other; today, lȅden is by far the more common of the two.
Declension
editsingular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | leden | ledena | ledeno | |
genitive | ledena | ledene | ledena | |
dative | ledenu | ledenoj | ledenu | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
leden ledena |
ledenu | ledeno |
vocative | leden | ledena | ledeno | |
locative | ledenu | ledenoj | ledenu | |
instrumental | ledenim | ledenom | ledenim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | ledeni | ledene | ledena | |
genitive | ledenih | ledenih | ledenih | |
dative | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | |
accusative | ledene | ledene | ledena | |
vocative | ledeni | ledene | ledena | |
locative | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | |
instrumental | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | ledeni | ledena | ledeno | |
genitive | ledenog(a) | ledene | ledenog(a) | |
dative | ledenom(u/e) | ledenoj | ledenom(u/e) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
ledeni ledenog(a) |
ledenu | ledeno |
vocative | ledeni | ledena | ledeno | |
locative | ledenom(e/u) | ledenoj | ledenom(e/u) | |
instrumental | ledenim | ledenom | ledenim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | ledeni | ledene | ledena | |
genitive | ledenih | ledenih | ledenih | |
dative | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | |
accusative | ledene | ledene | ledena | |
vocative | ledeni | ledene | ledena | |
locative | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | |
instrumental | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | ledeniji | ledenija | ledenije | |
genitive | ledenijeg(a) | ledenije | ledenijeg(a) | |
dative | ledenijem(u) | ledenijoj | ledenijem(u) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
ledeniji ledenijeg(a) |
ledeniju | ledenije |
vocative | ledeniji | ledenija | ledenije | |
locative | ledenijem(u) | ledenijoj | ledenijem(u) | |
instrumental | ledenijim | ledenijom | ledenijim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | ledeniji | ledenije | ledenija | |
genitive | ledenijih | ledenijih | ledenijih | |
dative | ledenijim(a) | ledenijim(a) | ledenijim(a) | |
accusative | ledenije | ledenije | ledenija | |
vocative | ledeniji | ledenije | ledenija | |
locative | ledenijim(a) | ledenijim(a) | ledenijim(a) | |
instrumental | ledenijim(a) | ledenijim(a) | ledenijim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | najledeniji | najledenija | najledenije | |
genitive | najledenijeg(a) | najledenije | najledenijeg(a) | |
dative | najledenijem(u) | najledenijoj | najledenijem(u) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
najledeniji najledenijeg(a) |
najledeniju | najledenije |
vocative | najledeniji | najledenija | najledenije | |
locative | najledenijem(u) | najledenijoj | najledenijem(u) | |
instrumental | najledenijim | najledenijom | najledenijim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | najledeniji | najledenije | najledenija | |
genitive | najledenijih | najledenijih | najledenijih | |
dative | najledenijim(a) | najledenijim(a) | najledenijim(a) | |
accusative | najledenije | najledenije | najledenija | |
vocative | najledeniji | najledenije | najledenija | |
locative | najledenijim(a) | najledenijim(a) | najledenijim(a) | |
instrumental | najledenijim(a) | najledenijim(a) | najledenijim(a) |
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editReferences
edit- The template Template:R:sh:RJA does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Pero Budmani, editor (1898–1903), “leden”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika[4] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 5, Zagreb: JAZU, page 950 - “leden”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Swedish
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