leita
See also: leitä
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse leita.
Verb
leita
- to seek, to search
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse leita.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eiːta
Verb
leita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative leitaði, supine leitað)
- (with dative or að) to seek, to search, to look for
- Afsakið, en ég er að leita að Hallgrímskirkju.
- Excuse me, I'm looking for Hallgrímskirkja.
- Þú ættir að leita læknis, þú lítur ekki vel út.
- You should consult a doctor. You don't look well.
- Ég ákvað að leita til miðils til að tala við vin minn sem dó.
- I decided to turn to a psychic to talk to my friend who died.
- Afsakið, en ég er að leita að Hallgrímskirkju.
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- leita á
- leita eftir
- leita fyrir sér
- leita hófanna hjá
- leitast
- leitast við
- leita til
Related terms
- leit
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- leitet
- leitte (simple past)
- lette (simple past)
- leitt (past participle)
- lett (past participle)
Verb
leita
- simple past of leite
- past participle of leite
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- leite
Etymology
From Old Norse leita. Akin to English obsolete dialectal English lait.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²læɪtɑ/
Verb
leita (present tense leitar or leiter, past tense leita or leitte, past participle leita or leitt, present participle leitande, imperative leit)
- to search
Related terms
- leit (noun)
See also
- lete (Bokmål)
References
- “leita” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną.
Verb
leita
- to seek, to search
Descendants
- Faroese: leita
- Icelandic: leita
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: lete or leite
- Nynorsk: leite or leita
- Elfdalian: lieta
- Danish: lede
- Swedish: leta
Portuguese
Noun
leita f (plural leitas)
- milt (fish semen)
Synonyms
- láctea