lesa

See also lésa

Faroese

Etymology

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

Verb

lesa

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

Conjugation

   Conjugation of lesa

lesa, v-56s
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	lesi	lesur	lesur	lesa
Past	las	last	las	lósu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	les !	—	lesið !
Infinitive	lesa
Pres. part.	lesandi
Past part. a26	lisin
Supine	lisið

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɛːsa/
• Rhymes: -ɛːsa

Verb

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

1. (transitive, with accusative) to gather, pick (usually berries, etc.)
2. (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.

3. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to study

Derived terms

• les- (read-only)
• lesblinda
• lesblindur
• lesa fyrir bréf (to dictate a letter)
• lesa saman (to compare)
• lesa spjaldanna á milli
• lesa upp (to recite)
• lesa upphátt (to read aloud)

Related terms

• lestur

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Italian

Verb

lesa

1. feminine form of leso

Adjective

lesa

1. feminine form of leso

Anagrams

• elsa
• sale

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• lese

Etymology

From Old Norse lesa.

Verb

lesa (present tense les; past tense las; past participle lese; passive infinitive lesast; present participle lesande; imperative les)

1. read

   Har du lese boka?

   Have you read the book?

References

• “lesa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lesaną. The sense “read” is derived from West Germanic (Old Saxon or Old High German), calquing 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

1. to gather, pick
2. to read

Descendants

• Icelandic: lesa
• Faroese: lesa
• Norwegian: lese
• Danish: læse
• Swedish: läsa

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Papiamentu

Verb

lesa

1. To read.

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lesa f

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

Synonyms

• kapija

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Portuguese

Verb

lesa

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