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Czech
Pronunciation
Adverb
leda
- only, just
- Synonyms: jen, jenom, pouze
Leda blázen by tohle udělal.- Only a fool would do this.
- except for
Tudy se nikam nedostaneš, leda ke hřbitovu.- You won't get anywhere this way, except for the cemetery.
- (archaic) sloppily, carelessly
- Synonym: ledabyle
Conjunction
leda
- 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.
Further reading
- “leda”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “leda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “leda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Esperanto
Etymology
From ledo + -a.
Pronunciation
Adjective
leda (accusative singular ledan, plural ledaj, accusative plural ledajn)
- leather
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from French laid, Italian laido.
Pronunciation
Adjective
leda
- 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
- inflection of ledere:
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
leda
- inflection of lede:
- simple past
- 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)
- Alternative form of lea
Etymology 2
From led (“part, joint”) + -a (“-ed”).
Adjective
leda (singular and plural leda)
- (especially in compounds) composed of parts (in sequence)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
leda n
- definite plural of led
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
leda f
- definite singular of led
References
- “leda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *laidijan. Cognate with Old English lǣdan, Old Saxon lēdian.
Pronunciation
Verb
lēda
- (transitive) to lead
Descendants
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
- (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
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
lȅda
- 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)
- to (gently) lead; to guide, to conduct
- to be in the lead; to be the leader of a competition
- to guide, to direct; to be in a position of leadership
Conjugation
Conjugation of leda (weak)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See led.
Adjective
leda
- inflection of led:
- definite singular
- plural
Noun
leda c
- boredom, aversion (towards something one has had too much of)
Declension
Derived terms
References
Anagrams