lesa

See also: lésa, Lesa, and lēsa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈlɛ.zə]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈlə.zə]

IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈle.za]

Adjective

lesa

feminine singular of les

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlɛsa]
Rhymes: -ɛsa
Hyphenation: le‧sa

Noun

lesa

genitive singular of les

Anagrams

Elsa, sela

Etymology

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

Verb

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

to read
to pray
to study (university)

Conjugation

More information Conjugation of (group v-56s), infinitive ...

Conjugation of lesa (group v-56s)
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.

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɛːsa/
Rhymes: -ɛːsa

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

More information infinitive (nafnháttur), supine (sagnbót) ...

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að lesa
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)
	lestu	lesiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

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lesa — active voice (germynd)

More information strong declension (sterk beyging), singular (eintala) ...

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
strong declension (sterk beyging)	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)
weak declension (veik beyging)	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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lesinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

Derived terms

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

lestur

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈle.za/^[1]
Rhymes: -eza
Hyphenation: lé‧sa

Participle

lesa f sg

feminine singular of leso

Adjective

lesa f sg

feminine singular of leso

References

[1]
leso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²leːsɑ/

Verb

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

“lesa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

Asle, Elsa, elas, esla, lase, leas, lesa, sale, sela

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈleːsa/, [ˈlɛːsa]

Verb

lēsa

(transitive) to redeem

References

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

Etymology

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

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

to gather, pick
to read

Conjugation

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indicative	present	past
infinitive	lesa
present participle	lesandi
past participle	lesinn
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

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Conjugation of lesa — active (strong class 5)

More information infinitive, present participle ...

indicative	present	past
infinitive	lesask
present participle	lesandisk
past participle	lesizk
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

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Conjugation of lesa — mediopassive (strong class 5)

Related terms

lestr

Descendants

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

References

“lesa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Anagrams

sela

Etymology

From Dutch lezen.

Verb

lesa

to read

Derived terms

lesadó

Verb

lesa

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

Noun

lesa f (Cyrillic spelling леса)

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

lesa

feminine singular of leso

Etymology

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Pronoun

lesa

that over there, yonder; class 7 remote demonstrative.

[1] [1]
leso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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