lezi

See also: leži, leží, lézi, and lézí

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō. Compare Venetan lèzar, lèzer, Italian leggere.

Verb

lezi (past participle lito)

1. to read

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛt.t͡si/
• Rhymes: -ɛttsi
• Hyphenation: lè‧zi

Noun

lezi m

1. plural of lezio

Anagrams

• zeli

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

lezi (Cyrillic spelling лези)

1. second-person singular imperative of leći

Southern Ndebele

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

lezi

1. these; class 8 proximal demonstrative.

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

lezi

1. these; class 10 proximal demonstrative.

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *leeci, possibly from Proto-Germanic [Term?].

Noun

lezi

1. hearth, fireplace

Inflection

Inflection of lezi (inflection type 18/vezi)
nominative sing.	lezi
genitive sing.	leden
partitive sing.	let
partitive plur.	lezid
	singular	plural
nominative	lezi	leded
accusative	leden	leded
genitive	leden	leziden
partitive	let	lezid
essive-instructive	leden	lezin
translative	ledeks	lezikš
inessive	ledes	leziš
elative	ledespäi	lezišpäi
illative	ledehe	lezihe
adessive	ledel	lezil
ablative	ledelpäi	lezilpäi
allative	ledele	lezile
abessive	ledeta	lezita
comitative	ledenke	lezidenke
prolative	letme	lezidme
approximative I	ledenno	lezidenno
approximative II	ledennoks	lezidennoks
egressive	ledennopäi	lezidennopäi
terminative I	ledehesai	lezihesai
terminative II	ledelesai	lezilesai
terminative III	ledessai	—
additive I	ledehepäi	lezihepäi
additive II	ledelepäi	lezilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “очаг”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Zulu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlézi/

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

lezi

1. these; class 8 proximal demonstrative.

Inflection

Stem -lézi
Full form	lézi
Locative	kulezi
Full form	lézi
Locative	kulezi
Copulative	yilezi
Possessive forms
	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	walezi	owalezi
Class 2	balezi	abalezi
Class 3	walezi	owalezi
Class 4	yalezi	eyalezi
Class 5	lalezi	elalezi
Class 6	alezi	awalezi
Class 7	salezi	esalezi
Class 8	zalezi	ezalezi
Class 9	yalezi	eyalezi
Class 10	zalezi	ezalezi
Class 11	lwalezi	olwalezi
Class 14	balezi	obalezi
Class 15	kwalezi	okwalezi
Class 17	kwalezi	okwalezi

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

lezi

1. these; class 10 proximal demonstrative.

Inflection

Stem -lézi
Full form	lézi
Locative	kulezi
Full form	lézi
Locative	kulezi
Copulative	yilezi
Possessive forms
	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	walezi	owalezi
Class 2	balezi	abalezi
Class 3	walezi	owalezi
Class 4	yalezi	eyalezi
Class 5	lalezi	elalezi
Class 6	alezi	awalezi
Class 7	salezi	esalezi
Class 8	zalezi	ezalezi
Class 9	yalezi	eyalezi
Class 10	zalezi	ezalezi
Class 11	lwalezi	olwalezi
Class 14	balezi	obalezi
Class 15	kwalezi	okwalezi
Class 17	kwalezi	okwalezi

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “lezi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “lezi (3.9)”