leger
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Borrowed from French léger, assumed to be from Latin leviarius, from levis (“light in weight”). See levity.
leger (comparative more leger, superlative most leger)
A variant of ledger.
leger (comparative more leger, superlative most leger)
leger (plural legers)
leger (third-person singular simple present legers, present participle legering, simple past and past participle legered)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “leger”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
From Middle Dutch leger, from Old Dutch *leger, from Proto-West Germanic *legr, from Proto-Germanic *legrą. Doublet of lager. Cognate to English lair.
leger n (plural legers, diminutive legertje n)
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
leger
leger
leger (strong nominative masculine singular legerer, comparative legerer, superlative am legersten)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist leger | sie ist leger | es ist leger | sie sind leger | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | legerer | legere | legeres | legere |
genitive | legeren | legerer | legeren | legerer | |
dative | legerem | legerer | legerem | legeren | |
accusative | legeren | legere | legeres | legere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der legere | die legere | das legere | die legeren |
genitive | des legeren | der legeren | des legeren | der legeren | |
dative | dem legeren | der legeren | dem legeren | den legeren | |
accusative | den legeren | die legere | das legere | die legeren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein legerer | eine legere | ein legeres | (keine) legeren |
genitive | eines legeren | einer legeren | eines legeren | (keiner) legeren | |
dative | einem legeren | einer legeren | einem legeren | (keinen) legeren | |
accusative | einen legeren | eine legere | ein legeres | (keine) legeren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist legerer | sie ist legerer | es ist legerer | sie sind legerer | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | legererer | legerere | legereres | legerere |
genitive | legereren | legererer | legereren | legererer | |
dative | legererem | legererer | legererem | legereren | |
accusative | legereren | legerere | legereres | legerere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der legerere | die legerere | das legerere | die legereren |
genitive | des legereren | der legereren | des legereren | der legereren | |
dative | dem legereren | der legereren | dem legereren | den legereren | |
accusative | den legereren | die legerere | das legerere | die legereren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein legererer | eine legerere | ein legereres | (keine) legereren |
genitive | eines legereren | einer legereren | eines legereren | (keiner) legereren | |
dative | einem legereren | einer legereren | einem legereren | (keinen) legereren | |
accusative | einen legereren | eine legerere | ein legereres | (keine) legereren |
lègêr (first-person possessive legerku, second-person possessive legermu, third-person possessive legernya)
leger
infinitive | leger | ||
---|---|---|---|
participle | present | perfect | |
legente | legite | ||
active | simple | perfect | |
present | lege | ha legite | |
past | legeva | habeva legite | |
future | legera | habera legite | |
conditional | legerea | haberea legite | |
imperative | lege | ||
passive | simple | perfect | |
present | es legite | ha essite legite | |
past | esseva legite | habeva essite legite | |
future | essera legite | habera essite legite | |
conditional | esserea legite | haberea essite legite | |
imperative | sia legite |
lēger
leger
leger m
leger
leger f
From Proto-West Germanic *legr.
Cognate with Old Frisian leger, Old Saxon legar, Dutch leger (“bed, camp, army”), Old High German legar (German Lager (“camp”)), Old Norse legr (Danish lejr, Swedish läger (“bed”)), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐍂𐍃 (ligrs). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek λέχος (lékhos), Latin lectus (“bed”), Proto-Celtic *legyom (Old Irish lige, Irish luí), Proto-Slavic *ležati (Russian лежа́ть (ležátʹ)).
leġer n
From Latin legō, legere.
leger
infinitive | leger | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | legend | |||||
past participle | legiu | |||||
singular | plural | |||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
present | legel | legas | lega | legein | legeis | legan |
imperfect | legavel | legavas | legava | legavan | legavas | legavan |
future | vegnel a leger | vegns a leger | vegn a leger | vegnin a leger | vegnis a leger | vegnan a leger |
conditional | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
direct present | legess | legesses | legess | legessen | legesses | legessen |
indirect present | legessi | legessies | legessi | legessien | legessies | legessien |
direct future | vegness a leger | vegnesses a leger | vegness a leger | vegnessen a leger | vegnesses a leger | vegnessen a leger |
indirect future | vegnessi a leger | vegnessies a leger | vegnessi a leger | vegnessien a leger | vegnessies a leger | vegnessien a leger |
subjunctive | che jeu | che ti | ch'el/ch'ella | che nus | che vus | ch'els/ch'ellas |
present | legi | legies | legi | legeien | legeies | legien |
past | legevi | legevies | legevi | legevien | legevies | legevien |
future | vegni a leger | vegnies a leger | vegni a leger | vegnîen a leger | vegnîes a leger | vegnien a leger |
imperative | — | ti | — | — | vus | — |
lega | legei |
infinitive | leger | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | legend | |||||
past participle | legì, legida | |||||
singular | plural | |||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
present | legel | legas | lega | legain | legais | legan |
imperfect | legeva | legevas | legeva | legevan | legevas | legevan |
future | vegnel a leger | vegns a leger | vegn a leger | vegnin a leger | vegnis a leger | vegnan a leger |
conditional | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
present | legess | legesses | legess | legessen | legesses | legessen |
future | vegness a leger | vegnesses a leger | vegness a leger | vegnessen a leger | vegnesses a leger | vegnessen a leger |
subjunctive | che jeu | che ti | ch'el/ch'ella | che nus | che vus | ch'els/ch'ellas |
present | legia | legias | legia | legian | legias | legian |
future | vegni a leger | vegnies a leger | vegni a leger | vegnîen a leger | vegnîes a leger | vegnien a leger |
imperative | — | ti | — | — | vus | — |
lega | legai |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
leger m (feminine singular legra, masculine plural legers, feminine plural legras)
leger (comparative legerare, superlative legerast)
Inflection of leger | |||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | leger | legerare | legerast |
Neuter singular | legert | legerare | legerast |
Plural | legera | legerare | legerast |
Masculine plural3 | legere | legerare | legerast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | legere | legerare | legeraste |
All | legera | legerare | legeraste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
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