lei
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
lei (plural leis)
Derived terms
Translations
See also
Lei (Hawaii) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Noun
lei
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Dutch leiden, from Middle Dutch leiden, from Old Dutch leiden, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną.
Verb
lei (present lei, present participle leidende or leiende, past participle gelei)
- to lead
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Dutch lei, from Middle Dutch leye, probably from Celtic and ultimately from a substrate language.
Noun
lei (uncountable)
- slate (stone)
Basque
Pronunciation
Noun
lei inan
Declension
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | lei | leia | leiak |
ergative | leik | leiak | leiek |
dative | leiri | leiari | leiei |
genitive | leiren | leiaren | leien |
comitative | leirekin | leiarekin | leiekin |
causative | leirengatik | leiarengatik | leiengatik |
benefactive | leirentzat | leiarentzat | leientzat |
instrumental | leiez | leiaz | leiez |
inessive | leitan | leian | leietan |
locative | leitako | leiko | leietako |
allative | leitara | leira | leietara |
terminative | leitaraino | leiraino | leietaraino |
directive | leitarantz | leirantz | leietarantz |
destinative | leitarako | leirako | leietarako |
ablative | leitatik | leitik | leietatik |
partitive | leirik | — | — |
prolative | leitzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “lei”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “lei”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Bavarian
Alternative forms
Adverb
lei
Bourguignon
Alternative forms
- (Morvan) leu
Etymology
Noun
lei m (plural leis)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch leye, probably an old Germanic loan from Gaulish *lēi, from Proto-Celtic *līwanks (compare *līwos (“stone”)), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w- (“stone”), see also Ancient Greek λᾶας (lâas, “stone”), Albanian lerë (“boulder”).
Noun
lei f (plural leien, diminutive leitje n)
- (uncountable) slate (material)
- (countable) slate (object)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: lei (dated)
See also
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch leide, with the same development as in zeggen > zei.
Verb
lei
- (archaic) singular past indicative of leggen
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
lei
- lei (Hawaiian garland of flowers)
Declension
Inflection of lei (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | lei | leit | |
genitive | lein | leiden leitten | |
partitive | leitä | leitä | |
illative | leihin | leihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | lei | leit | |
accusative | nom. | lei | leit |
gen. | lein | ||
genitive | lein | leiden leitten | |
partitive | leitä | leitä | |
inessive | leissä | leissä | |
elative | leistä | leistä | |
illative | leihin | leihin | |
adessive | leillä | leillä | |
ablative | leiltä | leiltä | |
allative | leille | leille | |
essive | leinä | leinä | |
translative | leiksi | leiksi | |
abessive | leittä | leittä | |
instructive | — | lein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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See also
Further reading
- “lei”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
Noun
lei (nonstandard, obsolete)
- leu (unit of currency of Romania and Moldova)
Declension
Inflection of lei (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | lei | leit | |
genitive | lein | leiden leitten | |
partitive | leitä | leitä | |
illative | leihin | leihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | lei | leit | |
accusative | nom. | lei | leit |
gen. | lein | ||
genitive | lein | leiden leitten | |
partitive | leitä | leitä | |
inessive | leissä | leissä | |
elative | leistä | leistä | |
illative | leihin | leihin | |
adessive | leillä | leillä | |
ablative | leiltä | leiltä | |
allative | leille | leille | |
essive | leinä | leinä | |
translative | leiksi | leiksi | |
abessive | leittä | leittä | |
instructive | — | lein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Synonyms
- (unit of currency): leu
Anagrams
Friulian
Etymology
Verb
lei (past participle let)
- to read
Related terms
- letôr
- leture
- lezion
Galician
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese lei, ley, from earlier lee, from Latin lex, lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s < *leǵ-.
Noun
lei f (plural leis)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
lei m pl
Hawaiian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
lei (ka)
- lei, a wreath of flowers or leaves
- necklace
- (by extension) child, carried on the shoulders like a lei
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: lei
Verb
lei
- to leap
Italian
Luxembourgish
Mandarin
Northern Sami
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Occitan
Old French
Portuguese
Romanian
Sardinian
Scots
Spanish
Zou
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