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lesa

See also: lësã, lésa, Lesa, and lēsa

Catalan

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Adjective

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lesa

  1. feminine singular of les

Cornish

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Etymology

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From les (“width”) +‎ -a. Cognate with Welsh lledu.

Verb

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lesa

  1. to expand, spread
    Synonyms: efani, omlesa
  2. to unfold

Conjugation

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Conjugation of lesa
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
indicative present/future lesav lesydh les lesyn lesowgh lesons lesir
preterite lesis lessys lesas lessyn lessowgh lessons lesas
imperfect lesen leses lesa lesen lesewgh lesens lesys
pluperfect lessen lesses lessa lessen lessewgh lessens lessys
subjunctive present/future lessiv lessi lesso lessyn lessowgh lessons lesser
imperfect lessen lesses lessa lessen lessewgh lessens lessys
imperative — les leses lesyn lesewgh lesens —
non-finites present participle verbal adjective
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Czech

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Noun

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lesa

  1. genitive singular of les

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.

Verb

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lesa (third person singular past indicative las, third person plural past indicative lósu, supine lisið)

  1. to read
  2. to pray
  3. to study (university)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of lesa (group v-56s)
infinitive lesa
supine lisið
present past
first singular lesi las
second singular lesur last
third singular lesur las
plural lesa lósu
participle (a26)1 lesandi lisin
imperative
singular les!
plural lesið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.

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Verb

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lesa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative las, third-person plural past indicative lásu, supine lesið)

  1. to read [intransitive or with accusative]
    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.
  2. to study [intransitive or with accusative]
  3. to gather, pick (usually berries, etc.) [with accusative]

Conjugation

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lesa – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að lesa
supine sagnbót lesið
present participle
lýsingarháttur nútíðar
 lesandi
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég les las lesi læsi
þú lest last lesir læsir
hann, hún, það les las lesi læsi
plural við lesum lásum lesum læsum
þið lesið lásuð lesið læsuð
þeir, þær, þau lesa lásu lesi læsu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú les (þú), lestu
plural þið lesið (þið), lesiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
lesinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
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

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Italian

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Participle

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lesa f sg

  1. feminine singular of leso

Adjective

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lesa f sg

  1. feminine singular of leso

References

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  1. ^ leso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.

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Verb

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lesa (present tense les, past tense las, supine lese, past participle lesen, present participle lesande, imperative les)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to read
    Har du lese boka?
    Have you read the book?
  2. (transitive or intransitive) to read aloud
  3. (transitive or intransitive) to study
    lesa til eksamen
    study for the exam
    • 1883, Arne Garborg, Bondestudentar, Bergen: Nygaard, page 40:
      So vart han utspurd um, kva han hadde leset.
      Then he was examined, about what he had studied.
  4. (transitive or intransitive) to tutor, teach

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Old Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *lausijan (“to release”). Cognates include Old English līesan and Old Saxon lōsian.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈleːsa/, [ˈlɛːsa]

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lēsa

  1. (transitive) to redeem

References

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  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28

Old Norse

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Etymology

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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

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lesa (singular past indicative las, plural past indicative lásu, past participle lesinn)

  1. to gather, pick
  2. to read

Conjugation

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Conjugation of lesa — active (strong class 5)
infinitive lesa
present participle lesandi
past participle lesinn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular les las lesa læsa
2nd person singular less last lesir læsir
3rd person singular less las lesi læsi
1st person plural lesum lásum lesim læsim
2nd person plural lesið lásuð lesið læsið
3rd person plural lesa lásu lesi læsi
imperative present
2nd person singular les
1st person plural lesum
2nd person plural lesið
Conjugation of lesa — mediopassive (strong class 5)
infinitive lesask
present participle lesandisk
past participle lesizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular lesumk lásumk lesumk læsumk
2nd person singular lesk lask lesisk læsisk
3rd person singular lesk lask lesisk læsisk
1st person plural lesumsk lásumsk lesimsk læsimsk
2nd person plural lesizk lásuzk lesizk læsizk
3rd person plural lesask lásusk lesisk læsisk
imperative present
2nd person singular lesk
1st person plural lesumsk
2nd person plural lesizk
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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: lesa
  • Faroese: lesa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lesa, lese
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lese
  • Danish: læse
  • Swedish: läsa

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “lesa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

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Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Dutch lezen.

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lesa

  1. to read

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Portuguese

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  • Rhymes: -ɛzɐ
  • Hyphenation: le‧sa

Adjective

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lesa

  1. feminine singular of leso

Verb

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lesa

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

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Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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lesa f (Cyrillic spelling леса)

  1. (Kajkavian) a large gate (to the house, yard, city etc.)
    Synonym: kàpija

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  • “lesa”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga kajkavskoga književnog jezika [Dictionary of the Croatian Kajkavian literary language] (in Serbo-Croatian), https://kajkavski.hr, 1984–2026

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlesa/ [ˈle.sa]
  • Rhymes: -esa
  • Syllabification: le‧sa

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lesa

  1. feminine singular of leso

Swazi

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Etymology

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

Pronoun

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lesa

  1. that over there, yonder; class 7 remote demonstrative.
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