lesa

Adjective

lesa

1. feminine singular of les

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lesa

1. genitive singular of les

Anagrams

• Elsa, sela

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)

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.)

Participle

lesa f sg

1. feminine singular of leso

Adjective

lesa f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective leso.

Anagrams

• elsa, sale

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?

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

Etymology

From Dutch lezen.

Verb

lesa

1. to read

Verb

lesa

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

Noun

lesa f (Cyrillic spelling леса)

1. (Kajkavian) a large gate {qual|to the house, yard, city etc.}}

   Synonym: kàpija

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlesa/

Adjective

lesa

1. Feminine singular of adjective leso.