lêze
See also: leze, lezę, leže, leże, leżę, léze, and Lèze
Jersey Dutch
Etymology
From Dutch lezen, from Middle Dutch lēsen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈleːzə/
Verb
lêze
- 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
- IPA(key): /ˈleːze/
Verb
lêze
- (transitive, intransitive) to read
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛːzə/
Verb
lêze
- 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