leda

See also: Leda, léda, and -leda

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛda]
• Hyphenation: le‧da

Adverb

leda

1. only, just

   Synonyms: jen, jenom, pouze

   Leda blázen by tohle udělal.

   Only a fool would do this.

2. except for

   Tudy se nikam nedostaneš, leda ke hřbitovu.

   You won't get anywhere this way, except for the cemetery.

3. (archaic) sloppily, carelessly

   Synonym: ledabyle

Conjunction

leda

1. unless, only if

   Synonyms: leč, ledaže, vyjma, jen

   Tam se autem nedostaneme, leda bychom jeli velkou oklikou.

   We won't get there by car, unless we make a big detour.

Further reading

• “leda”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “leda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “leda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto ledo

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

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Latin -a

Italian -ader.

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Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto leda

From ledo + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleda/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eda
• Syllabification: le‧da

Adjective

leda (accusative singular ledan, plural ledaj, accusative plural ledajn)

1. leather

Further reading

• “leda”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN

Galician

Adjective

leda

1. feminine singular of ledo

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French laid, Italian laido.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleda/

Adjective

leda

1. ugly

   Antonym: bela

   Nula led anadyuni aparas en la rakonto di Leda e la cigno. ― No ugly ducklings appear in the story of Leda and the swan.

   • 1955, The International Language Review, page 39:

     Es nul kauzo supozar ke irg frukto de raciono es leda, neutila, vana, senefika.

     There is no reason to suppose that any fruit of reason is ugly, useless, vain, ineffective.

Derived terms

• ledeskar (“to uglify”, intransitive verb)
• ledigar (“to uglify”, transitive verb)
• ledo (“ugly person, fright”)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛda
• Hyphenation: lè‧da

Verb

leda

1. inflection of ledere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Elda

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ledet

Verb

leda

1. inflection of lede:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse liða and hliða.

Verb

leda (present tense ledar, past tense leda, past participle leda, passive infinitive ledast, present participle ledande, imperative leda/led)

1. alternative form of lea

Etymology 2

From led (“part, joint”) +‎ -a (“-ed”).

Alternative forms

• ledda

Adjective

leda (singular and plural leda)

1. (especially in compounds) composed of parts (in sequence)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

leda n

1. definite plural of led

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

leda f

1. definite singular of led

References

• “leda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• adel, adle, alde, dale, dela, elda, edla, lade

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laidijan. Cognate with Old English lǣdan, Old Saxon lēdian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːda/, [ˈlɛːda]

Verb

lēda

1. (transitive) to lead

Descendants

• West Frisian: liede

References

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

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛ.da]
  • (Southern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛ.da]

• Audio:

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Particle

leda

1. (Central Greater Poland, Southern Greater Poland) alternative form of lada

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1877), “leda”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 19
• Oskar Kolberg (1877), “leda”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 30

Portuguese

Adjective

leda

1. feminine singular of ledo

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lȅda (Cyrillic spelling ле̏да)

1. genitive singular of led

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːˌda/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish lēþa, from Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną.

Verb

leda (present leder, preterite ledde, supine lett, imperative led)

1. to (gently) lead; to guide, to conduct
2. to be in the lead; to be the leader of a competition
3. to guide, to direct; to be in a position of leadership
4. (passive voice) to be bored

Conjugation

Conjugation of leda (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	leda		ledas
supine	lett		letts
imperative	led		—
imper. plural1	leden		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	leder	ledde	leds, ledes	leddes
ind. plural1	leda	ledde	ledas	leddes
subjunctive2	lede	ledde	ledes	leddes
present participle		ledande
past participle		ledd

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• avleda, afleda
• härleda
• ledare
• utleda

Etymology 2

See led.

Adjective

leda

1. inflection of led:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Noun

leda c

1. boredom, aversion (towards something one has had too much of)

Declension

Declension of leda

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	leda	ledas
	definite	ledan	ledans
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• livsleda
• till leda

References

• “leda”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “leda”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “leda”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• Edla, adel, dela, lade