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leda

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See also: Leda, léda, and -leda

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛda]
  • Hyphenation: le‧da

Adverb

leda

  1. only, just
    Synonyms: jen, jenom, pouze
    Leda blázen by tohle udělal.
    Only a fool would do this.
  2. except for
    Tudy se nikam nedostaneš, leda ke hřbitovu.
    You won't get anywhere this way, except for the cemetery.
  3. (archaic) sloppily, carelessly
    Synonym: ledabyle

Conjunction

leda

  1. unless, only if
    Synonyms: leč, ledaže, vyjma, jen
    Tam se autem nedostaneme, leda bychom jeli velkou oklikou.
    We won't get there by car, unless we make a big detour.

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Esperanto

Etymology

From ledo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleda/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eda
  • Hyphenation: le‧da

Adjective

leda (accusative singular ledan, plural ledaj, accusative plural ledajn)

  1. leather

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French laid, Italian laido.

Pronunciation

Adjective

leda

  1. ugly
    Antonym: bela
    Nula led anadyuni aparas en la rakonto di Leda e la cigno. ― No ugly ducklings appear in the story of Leda and the swan.
    • 1955, The International Language Review, page 39:
      Es nul kauzo supozar ke irg frukto de raciono es leda, neutila, vana, senefika.
      There is no reason to suppose that any fruit of reason is ugly, useless, vain, ineffective.

Derived terms

  • ledeskar (“to uglify”, intransitive verb)
  • ledigar (“to uglify”, transitive verb)
  • ledo (“ugly person, fright”)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.da/
  • Rhymes: -ɛda
  • Hyphenation: lè‧da

Verb

leda

  1. inflection of ledere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

leda

  1. inflection of lede:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse liða and hliða.

Verb

leda (present tense ledar, past tense leda, past participle leda, passive infinitive ledast, present participle ledande, imperative leda/led)

  1. alternative form of lea

Etymology 2

From led (“part, joint”) +‎ -a (“-ed”).

Alternative forms

Adjective

leda (singular and plural leda)

  1. (especially in compounds) composed of parts (in sequence)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

leda n

  1. definite plural of led

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

leda f

  1. definite singular of led

References

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Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laidijan. Cognate with Old English lǣdan, Old Saxon lēdian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleːda/, [ˈlɛːda]

Verb

lēda

  1. (transitive) to lead

Descendants

  • West Frisian: liede

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28

Polish

Pronunciation

Particle

leda

  1. (Central Greater Poland, Southern Greater Poland) alternative form of lada

Further reading

  • Oskar Kolberg (1877), “leda”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj‎ (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 19
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877), “leda”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj‎ (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 30
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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lȅda (Cyrillic spelling ле̏да)

  1. genitive singular of led

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish lēþa, from Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną.

Verb

leda (present leder, preterite ledde, supine lett, imperative led)

  1. to (gently) lead; to guide, to conduct
  2. to be in the lead; to be the leader of a competition
  3. to guide, to direct; to be in a position of leadership
  4. (passive voice) to be bored
Conjugation
More information active, passive ...

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See led.

Adjective

leda

  1. inflection of led:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Noun

leda c

  1. boredom, aversion (towards something one has had too much of)
Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...
Derived terms

References

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