lysa

See also: lysá, lýsa, łysa, and łysą

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: lysas, lysât

Verb

lysa

1. third-person singular past historic of lyser

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• lysene

Noun

lysa n

1. definite plural of lys

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lýsa.

Alternative forms

• lyse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²lyːsɑ/

Verb

lysa (present tense lyser, past tense lyste, past participle lyst, passive infinitive lysast, present participle lysande, imperative lys)

1. to shine (emit light)
2. to announce, pronounce, declare

   Han vart lyst fredlaus.

   He was declared an outlaw.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlyːsɑ/

Noun

lysa n

1. definite plural of lys

References

• “lysa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish lȳsa, from Old Norse lýsa. Compare dialectal ljusa, Norwegian lyse.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

lysa (present lyser, preterite lyste or lös, supine lyst, imperative lys)

1. to shine, shed light, beam
2. to call out and make known, advertise, publish banns

Conjugation

Conjugation of lysa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	lysa		lysas
Supine	lyst		lysts
Imperative	lys		—
Imper. plural1	lysen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	lyser	lyste	lyses	lystes
Ind. plural1	lysa	lyste	lysas	lystes
Subjunctive2	lyse	lyste	lyses	lystes
	Participles
Present participle	lysande
Past participle	lyst
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• efterlysa
• genomlysa
• ljus
• lysande
• lysmask
• lysning
• lysrör

Further reading

• lysa in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• asyl