lêze

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See also: leze, lezę, leže, leże, leżę, léze, and Lèze

Jersey Dutch

Etymology

From Dutch lezen, from Middle Dutch lēsen.

Pronunciation

Verb

lêze

  1. to read

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō (“I read” ← “I gather, collect”), from Proto-Italic *legō, derived from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”).

Pronunciation

Verb

lêze

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to read

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

lêze

  1. to read

Inflection

Strong class 5
infinitive lêze
3rd singular past lies
past participle lêzen
infinitive lêze
long infinitive lêzen
gerund lêzen n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular lês lies
2nd singular lêst liest
3rd singular lêst lies
plural lêze liezen
imperative lês
participles lêzend lêzen

Further reading

  • “lêze”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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