leje

See also: leję and łeje

Albanian

Etymology

From lë, with -je feminizing suffix.

Noun

leje f

1. permission, allowance, authorization
2. leave

Related terms

• lë
• lejoj

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Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• leeje, lege (alternative spellings)
• lüjje (Ripuarian variant, from the 2nd and 3rd persons singular under standard German influence)
• liehe (southern Moselle Franconian)
• leie, luje (Kirchröadsj)

Etymology

From Middle High German liegen, from Old High German liogan, from Proto-West Germanic *leugan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːjə/

Verb

leje (third-person singular present lüch or leecht, past tense looch, past participle jeloge or geloge)

1. (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to lie; to tell lies

   Dä lüch, wann e ald de Muul opmäht.

   He lies whenever he opens his mouth.

Usage notes

• The forms lüch; looch; jeloge are Ripuarian, while leecht; looch; geloge are Moselle Franconian.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛjɛ]

Verb

leje

1. inflection of lít:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. masculine singular present transgressive

   Synonym: lije

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lajə/, [ˈlɑːɪ]
• Homophone: lege

Etymology 1

From Old Danish leghæ, læghæ, a merger of two nouns: 1. Old Norse lega f (“lying in bed”), from Proto-Germanic *legǭ; and 2. Old Norse lægi n (“anchorage”), from Proto-Germanic *lēgiją. Both nouns are derived from the verb Proto-Germanic *ligjaną (“to lie”).

Noun

leje n (singular definite lejet, plural indefinite lejer)

1. bed, bedding (anything that someone lies on)
2. lair, den, form, seat
3. bearing
4. berth (space for a ship to moor)
5. fishing hamlet
6. pitch, range
7. presentation (position of the foetus in the uterus at birth)

Inflection

Declension of leje

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	leje	lejet	lejer	lejerne
genitive	lejes	lejets	lejers	lejernes

References

• “leje,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

From Old Danish leghæ, from Old Norse leiga (“rent”), from Proto-Germanic *laigǭ, cognate with Norwegian leie, Swedish lega. Derived from Proto-Germanic *līhwaną (“to lend”), which is the source of Old Norse ljá and German leihen.

Noun

leje c (singular definite lejen, plural indefinite lejer)

1. rent, rental
2. renting, hire, leasing, chartering

Inflection

Declension of leje

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	leje	lejen	lejer	lejerne
genitive	lejes	lejens	lejers	lejernes

References

• “leje,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

From Old Danish leghæ, from Old Norse leigja (“to rent”), from Proto-Germanic *laigijaną, cognate with Norwegian leie, Swedish leja. Related to the former word.

Verb

leje (past tense lejede, past participle lejet)

1. rent, hire, lease, charter

Inflection

Inflection of leje

	present	past
simple	lejer	lejede
perfect	har lejet	havde lejet
passive	lejes	lejedes
participle	lejende	lejet
imperative	lej	—
infinitive	leje	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	lejen	—

References

• “leje,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Hungarian

Etymology

lej (“leu”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛjɛ]
• Hyphenation: le‧je

Noun

leje

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of lej

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	leje	—
accusative	lejét	—
dative	lejének	—
instrumental	lejével	—
causal-final	lejéért	—
translative	lejévé	—
terminative	lejéig	—
essive-formal	lejeként	—
essive-modal	lejéül	—
inessive	lejében	—
superessive	lején	—
adessive	lejénél	—
illative	lejébe	—
sublative	lejére	—
allative	lejéhez	—
elative	lejéből	—
delative	lejéről	—
ablative	lejétől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	lejéé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	lejééi	—

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Polish

Noun

leje m inan

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of lej

Noun

leje f

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of leja

Verb

leje

1. third-person singular present indicative of lać

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

leje

1. inflection of leja:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural