lêze

See also: leze, léze, and leżę

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō (“I read” ← “I gather, collect”), from Proto-Italic *legō, derived from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːze/

Verb

lêze

1. (transitive, intransitive) to read

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West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛːzə/

Verb

lêze

1. to read

Inflection

Strong class 5
infinitive	lêze
3rd singular past	lies
past participle	lêzen
infinitive	lêze
long infinitive	lêzen
gerund	lêzen n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	lês	lies
2nd singular	lêst	liest
3rd singular	lêst	lies
plural	lêze	liezen
imperative	lês
participles	lêzend	lêzen

Further reading

• “lêze”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011