lei

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See also: Lei, lēi, léi, lěi, Lěi, lèi, and leí

English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Hawaiian lei.

Noun[edit]

lei (plural leis)

  1. A garland of flowers in Hawaii.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]

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Etymology 2[edit]

From Romanian lei

Noun[edit]

lei

  1. plural of leu

Anagrams[edit]

Bourguignon[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin locus.

Noun[edit]

lei m (plural leis)

  1. place

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯
  • IPA(key): /lɛi/
  • Audio
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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)

  1. (uncountable) slate (material)
  2. (countable) slate (object)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Dutch leide, with a change gi > i similar to that seen in brein.

Verb[edit]

lei

  1. (archaic) singular imperative of leggen

Anagrams[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

lei

  1. A lei (Hawaiian garland of flowers).
  2. (nonstandard, obsolete) A leu (unit of currency of Romania and Moldova).

Declension[edit]

Inflection of lei (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
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)
possessor singular plural
1st person leini leimme
2nd person leisi leinne
3rd person leinsä

Synonyms[edit]

  • (unit of currency): leu

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Anagrams[edit]

Friulian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō.

Verb[edit]

lei (past participle let)

  1. to read

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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)

  1. law (clarification of this definition is needed)
  2. religion, credence, worship of a god

Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

lei m pl

  1. plural of leu

Hawaiian[edit]

Noun[edit]

lei (ka)

  1. lei, a wreath of flowers or leaves
  2. necklace
  3. ( by extension ) child, carried on the shoulders like a lei

Verb[edit]

lei

  1. 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)

  1. she
  2. her
  3. 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.

Synonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

lei m (plural loro)

  1. (formal) you
    Synonym: voi (uncommon)

Derived terms[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

See also[edit]

Italian personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Conjunctive Disjunctive Locative Partitive
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]

  1. ^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 130
  2. ^ Stefano Lanuzza (1994) Storia della lingua italiana, Roma: Newton Compton, →ISBN, page 48

Anagrams[edit]

Luxembourgish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

lei

  1. second-person singular imperative of leien

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

lei (Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄟ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 嘞

lei

  1. Nonstandard spelling of lēi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of léi.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of lěi.
  4. 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]

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈlej/

Verb[edit]

lei

  1. third-person singular past indicative of leat

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse leiðr.

Adjective[edit]

lei (masculine and feminine lei, neuter leit, definite singular and plural leie, comparative leiere, indefinite superlative leiest, definite superlative leieste)

  1. uncomfortable, bothersome
  2. bored, tired
  3. sad, unfortunate

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse leið.

Noun[edit]

lei f or m (definite singular leia or leien, indefinite plural leier, definite plural leiene)

  1. direction
  2. distance

Etymology 3[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

lei

  1. simple past of lide
  2. imperative of leie

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse leið.

Noun[edit]

lei f (definite singular leia, indefinite plural leier, definite plural leiene)

  1. (maritime) route, sea route (a route, mostly along a coastline or between islands, that is safe to sail)
  2. direction

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse leiðr.

Adjective[edit]

lei (masculine and feminine lei, neuter leitt, definite singular and plural leie, comparative leiare, indefinite superlative leiast, definite superlative leiaste)

  1. tired, fed up, bored
  2. awkward, uncomfortable

lei seg

  1. sad

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

lei

  1. imperative of leie

References[edit]

Occitan[edit]

Article[edit]

lei m pl or f pl

  1. (Provençal) plural of lo

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)

  1. a law

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle French: loy
  • Norman: louai

Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

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]

Noun[edit]

lei f (plural leis)

  1. law

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Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lei m pl

  1. plural of leu

Sardinian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish ley, from Latin lex, legem.

Noun[edit]

lei

  1. (Campidanese) law

Scots[edit]

Verb[edit]

lei (third-person singular present leis, present participle leiin, past leid, past participle leid)

  1. (South Scots) Alternative form of lee.

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

lei m pl

  1. plural of leu

Zou[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Lei (1).

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

  1. tongue

Etymology 2[edit]

Lei (2).

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

  1. ground, soil, land, earth

Etymology 3[edit]

Lei (3).

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

  1. bridge

References[edit]

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 62
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