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lega

See also: Lega, legá, leĝa, -lega, legą, and Łęga

Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

lega f (genitive singular legu, nominative plural legur)

  1. the condition of lying (in a bed, etc.)
  2. a period of infirmity, confinement to one’s bed, due to illness
    Hann er nýstaðinn upp úr langri legu. ― He has just recovered from a long period of illness.
  3. position, situation
  4. anchorage, roadstead
  5. bearing (in a machine)
Declension edit
declension of lega
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lega legan legur legurnar
accusative legu leguna legur legurnar
dative legu legunni legum legunum
genitive legu legunnar lega leganna

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

lega n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of leg

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈle.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -eɡa
  • Hyphenation: lé‧ga

Etymology 1 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

lega f (plural leghe)

  1. league (politics, sports, distance), gang
  2. association, society
  3. (chemistry) alloy
    metallo di bassa lega ― base metal
    … di bassa lega ― vulgar, basic …
  4. league (unit of measure)

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

lega

  1. inflection of legare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

lēgā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of lēgō

References edit

Livonian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *lika. Cognates include Finnish lika.

Noun edit

lega

  1. dirt
  2. mud

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

lega

  1. inflection of lege:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Noun edit

lega f (definite singular lega, indefinite plural leger or legor, definite plural legene or legone)

  1. definite singular of lege
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of lege

Anagrams edit

Old Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

·lega

  1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of legaid

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·lega
also ·llega 		·lega
pronounced with /-l(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

lega f

  1. lying in bed

Declension edit

  Declension of lega (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lega legan legur legurnar
accusative legu leguna legur legurnar
dative legu legunni legum legunum
genitive legu legunnar legna legnanna

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: lega f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lege f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: leie n (merged with lægi)

References edit

  • lega in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡa
  • Syllabification: le‧ga

Etymology 1 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

lega f

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Declension edit
Declension of lega
singular plural
nominative lega legi
genitive legi leg
dative ledze legom
accusative legę legi
instrumental legą legami
locative ledze legach
vocative lego legi

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

lega

  1. third-person singular present of legać

Further reading edit

  • lega in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese edit

Verb edit

lega

  1. inflection of legar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin ligāre, present active infinitive of ligō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

a lega (third-person singular present leagă, past participle legat) 1st conj.

  1. to tie, bind, connect

Conjugation edit

    conjugation of lega (first conjugation, no infix)
infinitive a lega
gerund legând
past participle legat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present leg legi leagă legăm legați leagă
imperfect legam legai lega legam legați legau
simple perfect legai legași legă legarăm legarăți legară
pluperfect legasem legaseși legase legaserăm legaserăți legaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să leg să legi să lege să legăm să legați să lege
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative leagă legați
negative nu lega nu legați

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Samoan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *renga, from Proto-Oceanic *renga. Cognate with Hawaiian lena, Tahitian reʻa, Tongan enga and Maori rengarenga (“Arthropodium cirratum”).[1]

Noun edit

lega

  1. turmeric

Usage notes edit

Before being cooked, it is called ago.

References edit

  1. ^ “Renga”, in Te Māra Reo, Benson Family Trust, 2022

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈleɡa/ [ˈle.ɣ̞a]
  • Rhymes: -eɡa
  • Syllabification: le‧ga

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

lega f (plural legas)

  1. female equivalent of lego

Adjective edit

lega f

  1. feminine singular of lego

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

lega

  1. inflection of legar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swahili edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

-lega (infinitive kulega)

  1. to be loose, limp; careless, negligent
  2. to swing, oscillate

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of -lega
Positive present -nalega
Subjunctive -lege
Negative -legi
Imperative singular lega
Infinitives
Positive kulega
Negative kutolega
Imperatives
Singular lega
Plural legeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hulega
Positive past positive subject concord + -lilega
Negative past negative subject concord + -kulega
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalega)
Singular Plural
1st person ninalega/nalega tunalega
2nd person unalega mnalega
3rd person m-wa(I/II) analega wanalega
other classes positive subject concord + -nalega
Negative present (negative subject concord + -legi)
Singular Plural
1st person silegi hatulegi
2nd person hulegi hamlegi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) halegi hawalegi
other classes negative subject concord + -legi
Positive future positive subject concord + -talega
Negative future negative subject concord + -talega
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lege)
Singular Plural
1st person nilege tulege
2nd person ulege mlege
3rd person m-wa(I/II) alege walege
other classes positive subject concord + -lege
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silege
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngelega
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singelega
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalilega
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalilega
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -alega)
Singular Plural
1st person nalega twalega
2nd person walega mwalega
3rd person m-wa(I/II) alega walega
m-mi(III/IV) walega yalega
ji-ma(V/VI) lalega yalega
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chalega vyalega
n(IX/X) yalega zalega
u(XI) walega see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwalega
pa(XVI) palega
mu(XVIII) mwalega
Perfect positive subject concord + -melega
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshalega
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jalega
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kilega
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipolega
Consecutive kalega / positive subject concord + -kalega
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalege
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nilega -tulega
2nd person -kulega -walega/-kulegeni/-walegeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mlega -walega
m-mi(III/IV) -ulega -ilega
ji-ma(V/VI) -lilega -yalega
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kilega -vilega
n(IX/X) -ilega -zilega
u(XI) -ulega see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kulega
pa(XVI) -palega
mu(XVIII) -mulega
Reflexive -jilega
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -lega- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -legaye -legao
m-mi(III/IV) -legao -legayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -legalo -legayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -legacho -legavyo
n(IX/X) -legayo -legazo
u(XI) -legao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -legako
pa(XVI) -legapo
mu(XVIII) -legamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -lega)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yelega -olega
m-mi(III/IV) -olega -yolega
ji-ma(V/VI) -lolega -yolega
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cholega -vyolega
n(IX/X) -yolega -zolega
u(XI) -olega see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kolega
pa(XVI) -polega
mu(XVIII) -molega
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms edit

Swedish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Swedish legha, lægha, from Old Norse lega, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną (“to lie; to rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”). Doublet of lager and läger.

Noun edit

lega c

  1. berth (location for laying)
  2. lodge (den or cave)
Usage notes edit

Common in hunting to describe a mammal's place of rest.

Declension edit
Declension of lega 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lega legan legor legorna
Genitive legas legans legors legornas
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Swedish lēgha, from Old Norse leiga (“hire, rent, pay”), from Proto-Germanic *laigǭ (“loan”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave”). Cognate of Danish leie. Doublet of lån and län.

Noun edit

lega c

  1. (archaic) remuneration
Declension edit
Declension of lega 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lega legan legor legorna
Genitive legas legans legors legornas
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

References edit

Anagrams edit

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