leda

See also: Leda and léda

Esperanto

Etymology

ledo +‎ -a

Adjective

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

1. leather

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French laid and Italian laido.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.da/

Adjective

leda

1. ugly
   • 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.

   Nula led anadyuni aparas en la rakonto di Leda e la cigno.

   No ugly ducklings appear in the story of Leda and the swan.

Antonyms

• bela

Derived terms

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

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Italian

Verb

leda

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ledet

Verb

leda

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

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

leda

1. (deprecated template usage) inflection of led:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Noun

leda c

1. boredom

Declension

Declension of leda
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	leda	ledan	—	—
Genitive	ledas	ledans	—	—

Verb

leda

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

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
	Participles
Present participle	ledande
Past participle	ledd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• avleda, afleda
• härleda
• utleda

Anagrams

• Edla, adel, dela, lade