leiga

Faroese

Verb

leiga (third person singular past indicative leigaði, third person plural past indicative leigað, supine leigað)

1. to rent

Conjugation

Conjugation of leiga (group v-30)

infinitive	leiga
supine	leigað
	present	past
first singular	leigi	leigaði
second singular	leigar	leigaði
third singular	leigar	leigaði
plural	leiga	leigaðu
participle (a6)1	leigandi	leigaður
	imperative
singular	leiga!
plural	leigið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleiːɣa/
• Rhymes: -eiːɣa

Noun

leiga f (genitive singular leigu, nominative plural leigur)

1. rent

Declension

Declension of leiga (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	leiga	leigan	leigur	leigurnar
accusative	leigu	leiguna	leigur	leigurnar
dative	leigu	leigunni	leigum	leigunum
genitive	leigu	leigunnar	leigna, leiga	leignanna, leiganna

Related terms

• leigja (“to rent, to lease”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

leiga (present tense leiger, past tense leigde, past participle leigt/leigd, passive infinitive leigast, present participle leigande, imperative leig)

1. alternative form of leige

Noun

leiga f (definite singular leiga, indefinite plural leiger or leigor, definite plural leigene or leigone)

1. definite singular of leige
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of leige

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *laigijaną (“to lend”).

Alternative forms

• leigja

Verb

leiga (past participle leigðr)

1. (transitive) to hire, rent

Conjugation

Conjugation of leiga — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	leiga
present participle	leigandi
past participle	leigðr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	leigi	leigða		leiga	leigða
2nd person singular	leigir	leigðir		leigir	leigðir
3rd person singular	leigir	leigði		leigi	leigði
1st person plural	leigum	leigðum		leigim	leigðim
2nd person plural	leigið	leigðuð		leigið	leigðið
3rd person plural	leiga	leigðu		leigi	leigði
imperative	present
2nd person singular	leig, leigi
1st person plural	leigum
2nd person plural	leigið

Conjugation of leiga — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	leigask
present participle	leigandisk
past participle	leigzk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	leigumk	leigðumk		leigumk	leigðumk
2nd person singular	leigisk	leigðisk		leigisk	leigðisk
3rd person singular	leigisk	leigðisk		leigisk	leigðisk
1st person plural	leigumsk	leigðumsk		leigimsk	leigðimsk
2nd person plural	leigizk	leigðuzk		leigizk	leigðizk
3rd person plural	leigask	leigðusk		leigisk	leigðisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	leigsk, leigisk
1st person plural	leigumsk
2nd person plural	leigizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: leigja
• Faroese: leiga
• Norwegian Bokmål: leie
• Norwegian Nynorsk: leiga
• Old Swedish: lēghia, lēgha
  • Swedish: leja
• Danish: leje

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *laigǭ f (“loan”).

Noun

leiga f (genitive leigu)

1. hire, rent
2. pay

Declension

Declension of leiga (weak ōn-stem, singular only)

feminine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	leiga	leigan
accusative	leigu	leiguna
dative	leigu	leigunni
genitive	leigu	leigunnar

Descendants

• Icelandic: leiga
• Norwegian Nynorsk: leige
• Norwegian Bokmål: leie

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “leiga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Portuguese

Adjective

leiga

1. feminine singular of leigo