lega

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛːɣa/
• Rhymes: -ɛːɣa

From Old Norse lega.

lega f (genitive singular legu, nominative plural legur)

1. the condition of lying (in a bed, etc.)
2. a period of infirmity, confinement to one’s bed, due to illness

   Hann er nýstaðinn upp úr langri legu. ― He has just recovered from a long period of illness.

3. position, situation
4. anchorage, roadstead
5. bearing (in a machine)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lega n

1. indefinite genitive plural of leg

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Hyphenation: lé‧ga

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lega f (plural leghe)

1. league (politics, sports, distance), gang
2. association, society
3. (chemistry) alloy

   metallo di bassa lega ― base metal

   … di bassa lega ― vulgar, basic …

4. league (unit of measure)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lega

1. inflection of legare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Gela, gale, gela

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈleː.ɡaː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɡa/,

lēgā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of lēgō

• lega in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

• liegā (Courland)

From Proto-Finnic *lika. Cognates include Finnish lika.

lega

1. dirt
2. mud

• leget
• legte (simple past)
• legt (past participle)

lega

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

lega f (definite singular lega, indefinite plural leger or legor, definite plural legene or legone)

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

• alge, egal, egla, gale, lage

• IPA^(key): /ˈl͈ʲeɣa/

·lega

1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of legaid

Nominal formation related to liggja (“to lie”).

lega f

1. lying in bed

• Icelandic: lega f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lege f
• Norwegian Bokmål: leie n (merged with lægi)

• “lega”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡa
• Syllabification: le‧ga

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lega f

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lega

1. third-person singular present of legać

• lega in Polish dictionaries at PWN

lega

1. inflection of legar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Inherited from Latin ligāre, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).

• IPA^(key): /leˈɡa/

• Audio:

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a lega (third-person singular present leagă, past participle legat) 1st conjugation

1. to tie, bind, connect

• legare

• lega in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

From Proto-Polynesian *renga, from Proto-Oceanic *renga. Cognate with Hawaiian lena, Tahitian reʻa, Tongan enga and Maori rengarenga (“Arthropodium cirratum”).^[1]

lega

1. turmeric

Before being cooked, it is called ago.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɡa/
• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Syllabification: le‧ga

lega f (plural legas)

1. female equivalent of lego

lega f

1. feminine singular of lego

lega

1. inflection of legar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Audio (Kenya):

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-lega (infinitive kulega)

1. to be loose, limp; careless, negligent
2. to swing, oscillate

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -legeza (“to loosen”)
  • Passive: -legwa

From Old Swedish legha, lægha, from Old Norse lega, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną (“to lie; to rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”). Doublet of lager and läger.

lega c

1. berth (location for laying)
2. lodge (den or cave)

Common in hunting to describe a mammal's place of rest.

• daglega
• nattlega

• ligga
• läge

From Old Swedish lēgha, from Old Norse leiga (“hire, rent, pay”), from Proto-Germanic *laigǭ (“loan”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave”). Cognate of Danish leie. Doublet of lån and län.

lega c

1. (archaic) hire, contract, remuneration

• legoavtal (“locatio conductio”)
• legoarbete (“contract work”)
• legohjon (“agricultural contract servant”)
• legokomponent (“contracted component”)
• legoknekt (“ mercenary”)
• legosoldat (“mercenary”)
• legostämma (“rental agreement”)
• legotillverkning (“contract manufacturer”)
• saklega
• tjänstelega

• leja

• lega in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lega in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lega in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• lega in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• legha in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L
• lägha in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L

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