lei
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
lei (plural leis)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
See also[edit]
Lei (Hawaii) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
lei
Anagrams[edit]
Basque[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lei inan
Declension[edit]
Declension of lei (inanimate, ending in vowel) | |||
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indefinite | singular | plural | |
absolutive | lei | leia | leiak |
ergative | leik | leiak | leiek |
dative | leiri | leiari | leiei |
genitive | leiren | leiaren | leien |
comitative | leirekin | leiarekin | leiekin |
causative | leirengatik | leiarengatik | leiengatik |
benefactive | leirentzat | leiarentzat | leientzat |
instrumental | leiez | leiaz | leiez |
inessive | leitan | leian | leietan |
locative | leitako | leiko | leietako |
allative | leitara | leira | leietara |
terminative | leitaraino | leiraino | leietaraino |
directive | leitarantz | leirantz | leietarantz |
destinative | leitarako | leirako | leietarako |
ablative | leitatik | leitik | leietatik |
partitive | leirik | — | — |
prolative | leitzat | — | — |
Further reading[edit]
- “lei” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
- “lei” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
Bourguignon[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (Morvan) leu
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
lei m (plural leis)
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch leye, probably an old Germanic loan from Gaulish *lēi, from Proto-Celtic *līwanks (compare *līwos (“stone”)), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w- (“stone”), see also Ancient Greek λᾶας (lâas, “stone”), Albanian lerë (“boulder”).
Noun[edit]
lei f (plural leien, diminutive leitje n)
- (uncountable) slate (material)
- (countable) slate (object)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Papiamentu: lei (dated)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Dutch leide, with a change gi > i similar to that seen in brein.
Verb[edit]
lei
- (archaic) singular imperative of leggen
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
lei
- A lei (Hawaiian garland of flowers).
- (nonstandard, obsolete) A leu (unit of currency of Romania and Moldova).
Declension[edit]
Inflection of lei (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | lei | leit | |
genitive | lein | leiden leitten | |
partitive | leitä | leitä | |
illative | leihin | leihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | lei | leit | |
accusative | nom. | lei | leit |
gen. | lein | ||
genitive | lein | leiden leitten | |
partitive | leitä | leitä | |
inessive | leissä | leissä | |
elative | leistä | leistä | |
illative | leihin | leihin | |
adessive | leillä | leillä | |
ablative | leiltä | leiltä | |
allative | leille | leille | |
essive | leinä | leinä | |
translative | leiksi | leiksi | |
instructive | — | lein | |
abessive | leittä | leittä | |
comitative | — | leineen |
Possessive forms of lei (type maa) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | leini | leimme |
2nd person | leisi | leinne |
3rd person | leinsä |
Synonyms[edit]
- (unit of currency): leu
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Friulian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō.
Verb[edit]
lei (past participle let)
- to read
Related terms[edit]
Galician[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Portuguese lei, ley, from earlier lee, from Latin lex, lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s < *leǵ-.
Noun[edit]
lei f (plural leis)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
lei m pl
Hawaiian[edit]
Noun[edit]
lei (ka)
- lei, a wreath of flowers or leaves
- necklace
- ( by extension ) child, carried on the shoulders like a lei
Verb[edit]
lei
- to leap
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *illei or *illaei, which is a Vulgar Latin form of Classical Latin illī (dative singular of illa). The Vulgar Latin form *illei is modelled under influence of Vulgar Latin *illūi, whence also lui.[1] The formal address Lei appears in the 16th century in connection with Signoria (“Lordship”), Eccellenza (“Excellency”), Santità (“Holiness”) and Magnificenza[2], alongside Voi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
lei f (plural loro, masculine lui)
- she
- her
- it
- 1320, Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy, Amadeo Augusto Lange (1788), page 161:
- La pioggia cadde, e a’ foſſati venne / Di lei ciò che la terra non ſofferſe
- The rain fell and into the channels ran / Whatever of it was not absorbed by the ground
- ca. 1349-1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron, Tipografia della Società Belgica (1841), page 228:
- […] videro il drappo, et in quello la testa, non ancor sì consumata, che essi alla capellatura crespa non conoscessero lei esser quella di Lorenzo.
- […] they saw the cloth and the head wrapped inside it, which was not yet sufficiently decomposed that they could not help but identify it, from the curly hair, as being Lorenzo’s.
- ca. 1349-1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron, Tipografia della Società Belgica (1841), page 512:
- […] Filomena in ciò che dell’amistà dice, racconta il vero, e con ragione nel fine delle sue parole si dolse lei oggi così poco da’ mortali esser gradita.
- […] Philomena is in the right as to what she has said upon friendship; and it was with reason she complained, last of all, of its being in such little esteem with mankind […]
- 1984, Stefano Benni, Stranalandia, Feltrinelli (2015), page 76:
- La banana di Stranalandia è alla base dell’economia dell’isola. Senza di lei la vita qui sarebbe molto dura.
- The banana of Strangeland forms the basis of the island’s economy. Without it, life here would be very tough.
- 1320, Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy, Amadeo Augusto Lange (1788), page 161:
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
lei m (plural voi)
Derived terms[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
See also[edit]
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Conjunctive | Disjunctive | Locative | Partitive |
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Singular | first | — | io | mi, m', -mi | me | me | — | |||
second | — | tu | ti, t', -ti | te | te | |||||
third | m | lui | si2, s', -si | lo, l', -lo | gli, -gli | glie, se2 | lui, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | |
f | lei, Lei1 | la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1 | le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1 | lei, Lei1, sé | ||||||
Plural | first | — | noi | ci, c', -ci | ce | noi | — | |||
second | — | voi, Voi4 | vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4 | ve | voi, Voi4 | |||||
third | m | loro, Loro1 | si, s', -si | li, Li1, -li, -Li1 | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro1 |
glie, se | loro, Loro1, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | |
f | le, Le1, -le, -Le1 | |||||||||
1 | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | |||||||||
2 | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | |||||||||
3 | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | |||||||||
4 | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). |
References[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Luxembourgish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
lei
Mandarin[edit]
Romanization[edit]
lei (Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄟ)
lei
- Nonstandard spelling of lēi.
- Nonstandard spelling of léi.
- Nonstandard spelling of lěi.
- Nonstandard spelling of lèi.
Usage notes[edit]
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Northern Sami[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
lei
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lei (masculine and feminine lei, neuter leit, definite singular and plural leie, comparative leiere, indefinite superlative leiest, definite superlative leieste)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
lei f or m (definite singular leia or leien, indefinite plural leier, definite plural leiene)
Etymology 3[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (of lide) led
Verb[edit]
lei
- simple past of lide
- imperative of leie
References[edit]
- “lei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
lei f (definite singular leia, indefinite plural leier, definite plural leiene)
- (maritime) route, sea route (a route, mostly along a coastline or between islands, that is safe to sail)
- direction
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lei (masculine and feminine lei, neuter leitt, definite singular and plural leie, comparative leiare, indefinite superlative leiast, definite superlative leiaste)
Declension[edit]
lei seg
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
lei
- imperative of leie
References[edit]
- “lei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Article[edit]
lei m pl or f pl
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin lex, legem.
Noun[edit]
lei f (oblique plural lez, nominative singular lei, nominative plural lez)
- a law
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ley (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Portuguese lei, ley, from earlier lee, from Latin lex, lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s < *leǵ-.
Cognate with Galician lei, Spanish ley, Catalan llei, Occitan lei, French loi, Italian legge and Romanian lege.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: lei
Noun[edit]
lei f (plural leis)
- law
- 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 1th canto:
- E aqueles, que por obras valerosas / Se vão da lei da morte libertando.
- And those who by valourous deeds free themselves from the law of Death.
- E aqueles, que por obras valerosas / Se vão da lei da morte libertando.
- 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 1th canto:
Related terms[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lei m pl
Sardinian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish ley, from Latin lex, legem.
Noun[edit]
lei
Scots[edit]
Verb[edit]
lei (third-person singular simple present leis, present participle leiin, simple past leid, past participle leid)
- (South Scots) Alternative form of lee.
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
lei m pl
Zou[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *lay, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-lay. Cognates include Burmese လျှာ (hlya) and Tibetan ལྕེ (lce).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lei
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *lay, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-lis. Cognates include Burmese မြေ (mre) and Tibetan གལྱི (glyi).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
léi
- earth
- 1992, Holy Bible In Zou, Siemchilbu 1:1:
- Achiil in Paisan Lei leh Van asiem.
- In the beginning God created the Earth and Heaven.
- land
- ground, soil
Etymology 3[edit]
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *lay, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-lay. Cognates include Burmese လှေကား (hleka:, “ladder”) and Chinese 梯 (tī, “ladder”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lèi
References[edit]
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 62
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