lesa

See also: lésa, Lesa, and lēsa

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈlɛ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈlə.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [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
	present	past
first singular	lesi	las
second singular	lesur	last
third singular	lesur	las
plural	lesa	lósu
participle (a26)1	lesandi	lisin
	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. to read [intransitive or with accusative]

   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. to study [intransitive or with accusative]
3. to gather, pick (usually berries, etc.) [with accusative]

Conjugation

lesa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að lesa
supine sagnbót		lesið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		lesandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	les	las		lesi	læsi
	þú	lest	last		lesir	læsir
	hann, hún, það	les	las		lesi	læsi
plural	við	lesum	lásum		lesum	læsum
	þið	lesið	lásuð		lesið	læsuð
	þeir, þær, þau	lesa	lásu		lesi	læsu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	les (þú), lestu
plural	þið	lesið (þið), lesiði1

¹ 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			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	les	las		lesa	læsa
2nd person singular	less	last		lesir	læsir
3rd person singular	less	las		lesi	læsi
1st person plural	lesum	lásum		lesim	læsim
2nd person plural	lesið	lásuð		lesið	læsið
3rd person plural	lesa	lásu		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			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	lesumk	lásumk		lesumk	læsumk
2nd person singular	lesk	lask		lesisk	læsisk
3rd person singular	lesk	lask		lesisk	læsisk
1st person plural	lesumsk	lásumsk		lesimsk	læsimsk
2nd person plural	lesizk	lásuzk		lesizk	læsizk
3rd person plural	lesask	lásusk		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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lesa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

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.