lexía

See also: lexia

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• lektía (obsolete)

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin lēctiō (“reading”), from Latin legō (“gather, collect; read”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛxsi(ː)ja/
• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛksi(ː)ja/

Noun

lexía f (genitive singular lexíu, nominative plural lexíur)

1. lesson (learning material, learning task)
2. lesson (something learned)
3. lesson (something that serves to teach one something or as a warning)
4. (Christianity) the reading from the Old Testament during a mass or other church service; lesson

Declension

Declension of lexía (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lexía	lexían	lexíur	lexíurnar
accusative	lexíu	lexíuna	lexíur	lexíurnar
dative	lexíu	lexíunni	lexíum	lexíunum
genitive	lexíu	lexíunnar	lexía	lexíanna

Coordinate terms

(Old Testament reading): pistill, guðspjall