leze

See also: lezę, leže, leże, leżę, léze, Lèze, and lêze

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛzɛ]

Verb

leze

1. third-person singular present of lézt

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

leze

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of lezen

Anagrams

• ezel

Saterland Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːsə/
• Hyphenation: le‧ze
• Rhymes: -eːsə

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian lesa, from Proto-West Germanic *lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną. Cognates include West Frisian lêze and German lesen.

Verb

leze

1. (transitive) to read
2. (intransitive) to read

Conjugation

Conjugation of leze (irregular)

Grúundfoarme			leze
Infinitive			tou lezen
Present tense				Past tense
iek	leze	wie	leze	iek	lúus	wie	luzen
du	läst	jie	leze	du	lúust	jie	luzen
hie/ju/dät	läst	jo	leze	hie/ju/dät	lúus	jo	luzen
Present participle		Imperative		Auxiliary		Past participle
lezend		Singular	läs	häbe		lezen
		Plural	lezet

Derived terms

• ferleze

 

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian lēsa, from Proto-West Germanic *lausijan, from Proto-Germanic *lausijaną. Cognates include German lösen and Dutch lozen.

Verb

leze

1. (transitive) to loose; to remove
2. (intransitive) to loosen; to come loose

Conjugation

Conjugation of leze (weak type 1)

Grúundfoarme			leze
Infinitive			tou lezen
Present tense				Past tense
iek	leze	wie	leze	iek	leezde	wie	leezden
du	leest	jie	leze	du	leezdest	jie	leezden
hie/ju/dät	leest	jo	leze	hie/ju/dät	leezde	jo	leezden
Present participle		Imperative		Auxiliary		Past participle
lezend		Singular	lees	häbe		leezd
		Plural	lezet

Derived terms

• ferleze

 

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “leze”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN