lê
See also: Appendix:Variations of "le"
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a merger of Dutch leggen (“to lay”) and liggen (“to lie”). Formally, the forms with -ê- are from leggen, while the alternative present participle is from liggen (as is the lexicalised past participle geleë).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
lê (present lê, present participle lêende or liggende, past participle gelê)
- (intransitive) to lie (to be in a horizontal position)
- Hy lê op die bed.
- He's lying on the bed.
- (transitive) to lay (to put into a horizontal position)
- Hy lê sy tas op die bed.
- He lays his bag on the bed.
Synonyms[edit]
- (to lay): neerlê (more common)
Related terms[edit]
Emilian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin illa (feminine of ille), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“beyond, other”). Cognates include French elle.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
lê (personal, disjunctive case)
Related terms[edit]
Emilian personal pronouns (strong forms)
Number | Person | Gender | Disjunctive (tonic) |
Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct complement) |
Dative (indirect complement) |
Reflexive (-self) |
Comitative (with) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | First | — | mè | a | me | mêg | ||
Second | — | tè | et | te | têg | |||
Third | Masculine | ló | al | ge | se | sêg | ||
Feminine | lê | la | ||||||
Plural | First | Masculine | nuēter | a | se | nōsk | ||
Feminine | nuētri | |||||||
Second | Masculine | vuēter | a | ve | vōsk | |||
Feminine | vuētri | |||||||
Third | Masculine | lôr | i | ge | se | sêg | ||
Feminine | el | li |
Guerrero Amuzgo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
lê
Kurdish[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
lê
Ligurian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
lê
Usage notes[edit]
- Because the pronoun is not gender-specific, it is followed:
- by o if the gender is masculine
- lê o l'é bèllo ― he is handsome
- by a if the gender is feminine
- lê a l'é bèlla ― she is beautiful
- by o if the gender is masculine
See also[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
lê
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of ler
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of ler
- Apocopic form of ler; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
- Eye dialect spelling of ler, representing Brazilian Portuguese.
Vietnamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 梨.
Noun[edit]
(classifier cây, trái, quả) lê
Related terms[edit]
- Lê, a common Vietnamese surname
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
lê
- to drag (one's feet)
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from lê
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