leita

See also: leitä

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse leita, from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaiːta/
• Rhymes: -aiːta
• Homophone: leitað

Verb

leita (third person singular past indicative leitaði, third person plural past indicative leitaðu, supine leitað)

1. to seek, to search

Conjugation

Conjugation of leita (group v-30)
infinitive	leita
supine	leitað
participle (a6)1	leitandi	leitaður
	present	past
first singular	leiti	leitaði
second singular	leitar	leitaði
third singular	leitar	leitaði
plural	leita	leitaðu
	imperative
singular	leita!
plural	leitið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse leita.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eiːta

Verb

leita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative leitaði, supine leitað)

1. (with dative or að) to seek, to search, to look for

   Afsakið, en ég er að leita að Hallgrímskirkju.

   Excuse me, I'm looking for Hallgrímskirkja.

   Þú ættir að leita læknis, þú lítur ekki vel út.

   You should consult a doctor. You don't look well.

   Ég ákvað að leita til miðils til að tala við vin minn sem dó.

   I decided to turn to a psychic to talk to my friend who died.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• leita á
• leita eftir
• leita fyrir sér
• leita hófanna hjá

• leitast
• leitast við
• leita til

Related terms

• leit

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• leitet
• leitte (simple past)
• lette (simple past)
• leitt (past participle)
• lett (past participle)

Verb

leita

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• leite

Etymology

From Old Norse leita. Akin to English obsolete dialectal English lait.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²læɪtɑ/

Verb

leita (present tense leitar or leiter, past tense leita or leitte, past participle leita or leitt, present participle leitande, imperative leit)

1. to search

Related terms

• leit (noun)

See also

• lete (Bokmål)

References

• “leita” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną.

Verb

leita (singular past indicative leitaði, plural past indicative leitaðu, past participle leitaðr)

1. to seek, to search

Conjugation

Conjugation of leita — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	leita
present participle	leitandi
past participle	leitaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	leita	leitaða
2nd-person singular	leitar	leitaðir
3rd-person singular	leitar	leitaði
1st-person plural	leitum	leituðum
2nd-person plural	leitið	leituðuð
3rd-person plural	leita	leituðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	leita	leitaða
2nd-person singular	leitir	leitaðir
3rd-person singular	leiti	leitaði
1st-person plural	leitim	leitaðim
2nd-person plural	leitið	leitaðið
3rd-person plural	leiti	leitaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	leita
1st-person plural	leitum
2nd-person plural	leitið

Conjugation of leita — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	leitask
present participle	leitandisk
past participle	leitazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	leitumk	leituðumk
2nd-person singular	leitask	leitaðisk
3rd-person singular	leitask	leitaðisk
1st-person plural	leitumsk	leituðumsk
2nd-person plural	leitizk	leituðuzk
3rd-person plural	leitask	leituðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	leitumk	leituðumk
2nd-person singular	leitisk	leitaðisk
3rd-person singular	leitisk	leitaðisk
1st-person plural	leitimsk	leitaðimsk
2nd-person plural	leitizk	leitaðizk
3rd-person plural	leitisk	leitaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	leitask
1st-person plural	leitumsk
2nd-person plural	leitizk

Descendants

• Faroese: leita
• Icelandic: leita
• Norwegian:

• Bokmål: lete or leite
• Nynorsk: leite or leita

• Elfdalian: lieta
• Danish: lede
• Swedish: leta

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Portuguese

Noun

leita f (plural leitas)

1. milt (fish semen)

Synonyms

• láctea