• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: le‧da

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

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.

• “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), 2008–2025

From ledo +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleda/

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• Rhymes: -eda
• Hyphenation: le‧da

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

1. leather

Borrowed from French laid, Italian laido.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleda/

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.

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

leda

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

• Elda

• ledet

leda

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

From Old Norse liða and hliða.

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

1. alternative form of lea

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

• ledda

leda (singular and plural leda)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

leda n

1. definite plural of led

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

leda f

1. definite singular of led

• “leda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• adel, adle, alde, dale, dela, elda, edla, lade

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːda/,

lēda

1. (transitive) to lead

• West Frisian: liede

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

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.da/
  • (Southern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.da/

leda

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

• 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

lȅda

1. genitive singular of led

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːˌda/

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

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

See led.

leda

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

leda c

1. boredom, aversion (towards something one has had too much of)

• livsleda
• till leda

• leda in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• leda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• leda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• Edla, adel, dela, lade