lesa

See also: lésa

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈlɛ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈlə.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈle.za]

Adjective

lesa

1. feminine singular of les

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛsa]
• Rhymes: -ɛsa
• Hyphenation: le‧sa

Noun

lesa

1. genitive singular of les

Anagrams

• Elsa, sela

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.

Verb

lesa (third person singular past indicative las, third person plural past indicative lósu, supine lisið)

1. to read
2. to pray
3. to study (university)

Conjugation

Conjugation of lesa (group v-56s)
infinitive	lesa
supine	lisið
participle (a26)1	lesandi	lisin
	present	past
first singular	lesi	las
second singular	lesur	last
third singular	lesur	las
plural	lesa	lósu
	imperative
singular	les!
plural	lesið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛːsa/
• Rhymes: -ɛːsa

Verb

lesa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative las, third-person plural past indicative lásu, supine lesið)

1. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to read

   Ég er að lesa bók um forritun.

   I'm reading a book on programming.

   Þá var bréfið lesið upphátt fyrir allan bekkinn.

   The letter was then read aloud in front of the entire class.

2. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to study
3. (transitive, with accusative) to gather, pick (usually berries, etc.)

Conjugation

lesa — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að lesa
supine (sagnbót)		lesið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		lesandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég les	við lesum	present (nútíð)	ég lesi	við lesum
	þú lest	þið lesið		þú lesir	þið lesið
	hann, hún, það les	þeir, þær, þau lesa		hann, hún, það lesi	þeir, þær, þau lesi
past (þátíð)	ég las	við lásum	past (þátíð)	ég læsi	við læsum
	þú last	þið lásuð		þú læsir	þið læsuð
	hann, hún, það las	þeir, þær, þau lásu		hann, hún, það læsi	þeir, þær, þau læsu
imperative (boðháttur)	les (þú)	lesið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	lestu	lesiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

lesinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	lesinn	lesin	lesið		lesnir	lesnar	lesin
accusative (þolfall)	lesinn	lesna	lesið		lesna	lesnar	lesin
dative (þágufall)	lesnum	lesinni	lesnu		lesnum	lesnum	lesnum
genitive (eignarfall)	lesins	lesinnar	lesins		lesinna	lesinna	lesinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	lesni	lesna	lesna		lesnu	lesnu	lesnu
accusative (þolfall)	lesna	lesnu	lesna		lesnu	lesnu	lesnu
dative (þágufall)	lesna	lesnu	lesna		lesnu	lesnu	lesnu
genitive (eignarfall)	lesna	lesnu	lesna		lesnu	lesnu	lesnu

Derived terms

• les- (“read-only”)
• lesa fyrir bréf (“to dictate a letter”)
• lesa saman (“to compare”)
• lesa spjaldanna á milli
• lesa upp (“to recite”)
• lesa upphátt (“to read aloud”)
• lesblinda
• lesblindur

 

Related terms

• lestur

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.za/
• Rhymes: -eza
• Hyphenation: lé‧sa

Participle

lesa f sg

1. feminine singular of leso

Adjective

lesa f sg

1. feminine singular of leso

Anagrams

• Ales, Elsa, elsa, sale

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• låsså (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²leːsɑ/

Verb

lesa (present tense les, past tense las, supine lese, past participle lesen, present participle lesande, imperative les)

1. a-infinitive and split infinitive form of lese

References

• “lesa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Asle, Elsa, elas, esla, lase, leas, lesa, sale, sela

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lausijan (“to release”). Cognates include Old English līesan and Old Saxon lōsian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːsa/, [ˈlɛːsa]

Verb

lēsa

1. (transitive) to redeem

References

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

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lesaną. The sense “read” is derived from West Germanic (Old Saxon or Old High German), a semantic loan of Latin legō (“gather, read”); for reading the Germanic runes, which were in use before the adoption of the Latin alphabet, the usual verb had been ráða (same as English read).

Verb

lesa (singular past indicative las, plural past indicative lásu, past participle lesinn)

1. to gather, pick
2. to read

Conjugation

Conjugation of lesa — active (strong class 5)

infinitive	lesa
present participle	lesandi
past participle	lesinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	les	las
2nd-person singular	less	last
3rd-person singular	less	las
1st-person plural	lesum	lásum
2nd-person plural	lesið	lásuð
3rd-person plural	lesa	lásu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	lesa	læsa
2nd-person singular	lesir	læsir
3rd-person singular	lesi	læsi
1st-person plural	lesim	læsim
2nd-person plural	lesið	læsið
3rd-person plural	lesi	læsi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	les
1st-person plural	lesum
2nd-person plural	lesið

Conjugation of lesa — mediopassive (strong class 5)

infinitive	lesask
present participle	lesandisk
past participle	lesizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	lesumk	lásumk
2nd-person singular	lesk	lask
3rd-person singular	lesk	lask
1st-person plural	lesumsk	lásumsk
2nd-person plural	lesizk	lásuzk
3rd-person plural	lesask	lásusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	lesumk	læsumk
2nd-person singular	lesisk	læsisk
3rd-person singular	lesisk	læsisk
1st-person plural	lesimsk	læsimsk
2nd-person plural	lesizk	læsizk
3rd-person plural	lesisk	læsisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	lesk
1st-person plural	lesumsk
2nd-person plural	lesizk

Related terms

• lestr

Descendants

• Icelandic: lesa
• Faroese: lesa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lesa, lese
• Norwegian Bokmål: lese
• Danish: læse
• Swedish: läsa

References

• “lesa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Anagrams

• sela

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch lezen.

Verb

lesa

1. to read

Derived terms

• lesadó

Portuguese

Verb

lesa

1. inflection of lesar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lesa f (Cyrillic spelling леса)

1. (Kajkavian) a large gate (to the house, yard, city etc.)

   Synonym: kàpija

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlesa/ [ˈle.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: le‧sa

Adjective

lesa

1. feminine singular of leso

Swazi

Etymology

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Pronoun

lesa

1. that over there, yonder; class 7 remote demonstrative.