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lesa
lesa
See also: lésa
Faroese
Verb
lesa (third person singular past indicative las, third person plural past indicative lósu, supine lisið)
Conjugation
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)
- (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.
- Ég er að lesa bók um forritun.
- (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to study
- (transitive, with accusative) to gather, pick (usually berries, etc.)
Conjugation
lesa — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að lesa | ||||
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| supine (sagnbót) |
lesið | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
lesandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) |
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| present (nútíð) |
ég les | við lesum | present (nútíð) |
ég lesi | við lesum |
| þú lest | þið lesið | þú lesir | þið lesið | ||
| hann, hún, það les | þeir, þær, þau lesa | hann, hún, það lesi | þeir, þær, þau lesi | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég las | við lásum | past (þátíð) |
ég læsi | við læsum |
| þú last | þið lásuð | þú læsir | þið læsuð | ||
| hann, hún, það las | þeir, þær, þau lásu | hann, hún, það læsi | þeir, þær, þau læsu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
les (þú) | lesið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| lestu | lesiði * | ||||
| * 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) | |||||
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| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
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| 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) |
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| 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
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Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
lesa (present tense les, past tense las, past participle lese, passive infinitive lesast, present participle lesande, imperative les)
- read
- Har du lese boka?
- Have you read the book?
- Har du lese boka?
References
- “lesa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lesaną. The sense “read” is derived from West Germanic (Old Saxon or Old High German), calquing 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
Descendants
Portuguese
Verb
lesa