lesa
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See also: lésa
Pronunciation
Adjective
lesa
Pronunciation
Noun
lesa
Anagrams
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)
Conjugation
Etymology
From Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.
Pronunciation
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.
- (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to study
- (transitive, with accusative) to gather, pick (usually berries, etc.)
Conjugation
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að lesa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
lesið | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
lesandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| 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. | |||||
lesa — active voice (germynd)
| strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| 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) | ||
| 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 | |
lesinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
Derived terms
- les- (“read-only”)
- lesa fyrir bréf (“to dictate a letter”)
- lesa saman (“to compare”)
- lesa spjaldanna á milli
- lesa upp (“to recite”)
- lesa upphátt (“to read aloud”)
- lesblinda
- lesblindur
Related terms
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