lesa
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lesa
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lesa
Anagrams edit
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.
Verb edit
lesa (third person singular past indicative las, third person plural past indicative lósu, supine lisið)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of lesa (group v-56s) | ||
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infinitive | lesa | |
supine | lisið | |
participle (a26)1 | lesandi | lisin |
present | past | |
first singular | lesi | las |
second singular | lesur | last |
third singular | lesur | las |
plural | lesa | lósu |
imperative | ||
singular | les! | |
plural | lesið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lesa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative las, third-person plural past indicative lásu, supine lesið)
- (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to read
- Ég er að lesa bók um forritun.
- I'm reading a book on programming.
- Þá var bréfið lesið upphátt fyrir allan bekkinn.
- The letter was then read aloud in front of the entire class.
- (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to study
- (transitive, with accusative) to gather, pick (usually berries, etc.)
Conjugation edit
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að lesa | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
lesið | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
lesandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég les | við lesum | present (nútíð) |
ég lesi | við lesum |
þú lest | þið lesið | þú lesir | þið lesið | ||
hann, hún, það les | þeir, þær, þau lesa | hann, hún, það lesi | þeir, þær, þau lesi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég las | við lásum | past (þátíð) |
ég læsi | við læsum |
þú last | þið lásuð | þú læsir | þið læsuð | ||
hann, hún, það las | þeir, þær, þau lásu | hann, hún, það læsi | þeir, þær, þau læsu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
les (þú) | lesið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
lestu | lesiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
lesinn | lesin | lesið | lesnir | lesnar | lesin | |
accusative (þolfall) |
lesinn | lesna | lesið | lesna | lesnar | lesin | |
dative (þágufall) |
lesnum | lesinni | lesnu | lesnum | lesnum | lesnum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
lesins | lesinnar | lesins | lesinna | lesinna | lesinna | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
lesni | lesna | lesna | lesnu | lesnu | lesnu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
lesna | lesnu | lesna | lesnu | lesnu | lesnu | |
dative (þágufall) |
lesna | lesnu | lesna | lesnu | lesnu | lesnu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
lesna | lesnu | lesna | lesnu | lesnu | lesnu |
Derived terms edit
- les- (“read-only”)
- lesa fyrir bréf (“to dictate a letter”)
- lesa saman (“to compare”)
- lesa spjaldanna á milli
- lesa upp (“to recite”)
- lesa upphátt (“to read aloud”)
- lesblinda
- lesblindur
Related terms edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
lesa f sg
Adjective edit
lesa f sg
References edit
- ^ leso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- låsså (dialectal)
Etymology edit
From Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lesa (present tense les, past tense las, supine lese, past participle lesen, present participle lesande, imperative les)
- a-infinitive and split infinitive form of lese
References edit
- “lesa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Old Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *lausijan (“to release”). Cognates include Old English līesan and Old Saxon lōsian.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lēsa
- (transitive) to redeem
References edit
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *lesaną. The sense “read” is derived from West Germanic (Old Saxon or Old High German), a semantic loan of Latin legō (“gather, read”); for reading the Germanic runes, which were in use before the adoption of the Latin alphabet, the usual verb had been ráða (same as English read).
Verb edit
lesa (singular past indicative las, plural past indicative lásu, past participle lesinn)
Conjugation edit
infinitive | lesa | |
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present participle | lesandi | |
past participle | lesinn | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | les | las |
2nd-person singular | less | last |
3rd-person singular | less | las |
1st-person plural | lesum | lásum |
2nd-person plural | lesið | lásuð |
3rd-person plural | lesa | lásu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | lesa | læsa |
2nd-person singular | lesir | læsir |
3rd-person singular | lesi | læsi |
1st-person plural | lesim | læsim |
2nd-person plural | lesið | læsið |
3rd-person plural | lesi | læsi |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | les | |
1st-person plural | lesum | |
2nd-person plural | lesið |
infinitive | lesask | |
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present participle | lesandisk | |
past participle | lesizk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | lesumk | lásumk |
2nd-person singular | lesk | lask |
3rd-person singular | lesk | lask |
1st-person plural | lesumsk | lásumsk |
2nd-person plural | lesizk | lásuzk |
3rd-person plural | lesask | lásusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | lesumk | læsumk |
2nd-person singular | lesisk | læsisk |
3rd-person singular | lesisk | læsisk |
1st-person plural | lesimsk | læsimsk |
2nd-person plural | lesizk | læsizk |
3rd-person plural | lesisk | læsisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | lesk | |
1st-person plural | lesumsk | |
2nd-person plural | lesizk |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “lesa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Anagrams edit
Papiamentu edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
lesa
- to read
Derived terms edit
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
lesa
- inflection of lesar:
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
lesa f (Cyrillic spelling леса)
Spanish edit
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lesa
Swazi edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronoun edit
lesa
- that over there, yonder; class 7 remote demonstrative.