lesa

lesa

1. feminine singular of les

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

lesa

1. genitive singular of les

• Elsa, sela

From Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.

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)

From Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛːsa/
• Rhymes: -ɛːsa

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.)

• lestur

• Rhymes: -eza

lesa f sg

1. feminine singular of leso

lesa

1. Feminine singular of adjective leso.

• elsa, sale

• lese

From Old Norse lesa.

• IPA^(key): /²leːsɑ/

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?

• “lesa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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).

lesa

1. to gather, pick
2. to read

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

From Dutch lezen.

lesa

1. to read

• lesadó

lesa

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

lesa f (Cyrillic spelling леса)

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

   Synonym: kàpija

• IPA^(key): /ˈlesa/

lesa

1. Feminine singular of adjective leso.

lesa

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