ledo

See also: Ledo and lédo

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EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From German Leder.

NounEdit

ledo (accusative singular ledon, plural ledoj, accusative plural ledojn)

1. leather

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GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese ledo (“happy”), from Latin laetus (“happy”). Cognate with Portuguese ledo, Spanish ledo and Italian lieto.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈleðo̝/, /ˈlɛðo̝/

AdjectiveEdit

ledo m (feminine singular leda, masculine plural ledos, feminine plural ledas)

1. happy, joyful
   • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 120:

     Agora vaamos ala et façamos o que podermos fazer et nõ aja y outro cõsello mays toda via fazede en guisa que bem çedo de [manãa] seja a villa çercada [per] força ou [per] al ca se nos tomamos Troya, ledos et cõ plazer tornaremos ha nossas terras

     Now, let's we go there and do what we can; we won't have another meeting; do anything to have the town sieged early in the morning, forcibly or in any way; because if we take Troy, we'll return happy and pleased to our lands

   Synonym: alegre

Related termsEdit

• ledicia
• Ledo

ReferencesEdit

• “ledo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “ledo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “ledo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “ledo” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “ledo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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ItalianEdit

VerbEdit

ledo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ledere

AnagramsEdit

• Delo, lode

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LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• lidūna

EtymologyEdit

Possibly from Gaulish.

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.doː/, [ˈɫɛ.doː]

NounEdit

ledō m (genitive ledōnis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) ebb

InflectionEdit

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ledō	ledōnēs
genitive	ledōnis	ledōnum
dative	ledōnī	ledōnibus
accusative	ledōnem	ledōnēs
ablative	ledōne	ledōnibus
vocative	ledō	ledōnēs

See alsoEdit

• malina

ReferencesEdit

• ledo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Old PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin laetus (“happy”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.do/

AdjectiveEdit

ledo m (plural ledos, feminine leda, feminine plural ledas)

1. happy
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 46 (facsimile):

     […] Mui ledo ſſe tornou / aſſa t[er]ra […]

     […] he returned happy to his homeland […]

DescendantsEdit

• Galician: ledo
• Portuguese: ledo

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PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• lédo (obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese ledo (“happy”), from Latin laetus (“happy”). Cognate with Galician ledo, Spanish ledo and Italian lieto.

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ðu/
• (Portugal, archaic) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ðu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈle.du/
• Hyphenation: le‧do

AdjectiveEdit

ledo m (feminine singular leda, masculine plural ledos, feminine plural ledas, comparable)

1. happy, joyful

   Synonym: alegre

   Antonym: triste

   • 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 3rd canto:

     Naquelle engano da alma, ledo & cego, / Que a fortuna não deixa durar muito,

     In that happy and blind illusion of the soul, / Which fortune does not allow to endure for long,

Derived termsEdit

• ledamente

Related termsEdit

• lediça, ledice
• Lediça, Letícia

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SwedishEdit

VerbEdit

ledo

1. Obsolete plural form of led, past tense of lida.