lesa

See also: lésa

Catalan

Adjective

lesa

1. feminine singular of les

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Czech

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lesa

1. genitive singular of les

Anagrams

• Elsa, sela

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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.

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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

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eza

Participle

lesa f sg

1. feminine singular of leso

Adjective

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective leso.

Anagrams

• elsa, sale

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• lese

Etymology

From Old Norse lesa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²leːsɑ/

Verb

lesa (present tense les, past tense las, past participle lese, passive infinitive lesast, present participle lesande, imperative les)

1. read

   Har du lese boka?

   Have you read the book?

References

• “lesa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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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

1. to gather, pick
2. to read

Descendants

• Icelandic: lesa
• Faroese: lesa
• Norwegian: lese
• Danish: læse
• Swedish: läsa

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch lezen.

Verb

lesa

1. to read

Derived terms

• lesadó

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Portuguese

Verb

lesa

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lesa f (Cyrillic spelling леса)

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

   Synonym: kàpija

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlesa/ [ˈle.sa]

Adjective

lesa

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective leso.

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Swazi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

lesa

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