See also: leję and łeje

Albanian

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Etymology

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From , with -je feminizing suffix.

Noun

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leje f

  1. permission, allowance, authorization
  2. leave
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Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German liegen, from Old High German liogan, from Proto-West Germanic *leugan.

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leje (third-person singular present lüch or leecht, past tense looch, past participle jeloge or geloge)

  1. (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to lie; to tell lies
    lüch, wann e ald de Muul opmäht.
    He lies whenever he opens his mouth.

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  • The forms lüch; looch; jeloge are Ripuarian, while leecht; looch; geloge are Moselle Franconian.

Czech

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leje

  1. inflection of lít:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. masculine singular present transgressive
    Synonym: lije

Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Danish leghæ, læghæ, a merger of two nouns: 1. Old Norse lega f (lying in bed), from Proto-Germanic *legǭ; and 2. Old Norse lægi n (anchorage), from Proto-Germanic *lēgiją. Both nouns are derived from the verb Proto-Germanic *ligjaną (to lie).

Noun

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leje n (singular definite lejet, plural indefinite lejer)

  1. bed, bedding (anything that someone lies on)
  2. lair, den, form, seat
  3. bearing
  4. berth (space for a ship to moor)
  5. fishing hamlet
  6. pitch, range
  7. presentation (position of the foetus in the uterus at birth)
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Etymology 2

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From Old Danish leghæ, from Old Norse leiga (rent), from Proto-Germanic *laigǭ, cognate with Norwegian leie, Swedish lega. Derived from Proto-Germanic *līhwaną (to lend), which is the source of Old Norse ljá and German leihen.

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leje c (singular definite lejen, plural indefinite lejer)

  1. rent, rental
  2. renting, hire, leasing, chartering
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Etymology 3

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From Old Danish leghæ, from Old Norse leigja (to rent), from Proto-Germanic *laigijaną, cognate with Norwegian leie, Swedish leja. Related to the former word.

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leje (past tense lejede, past participle lejet)

  1. rent, hire, lease, charter
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Hungarian

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Etymology

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lej (leu) +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛjɛ]
  • Hyphenation: le‧je

Noun

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leje

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of lej

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative leje
accusative lejét
dative lejének
instrumental lejével
causal-final lejéért
translative lejévé
terminative lejéig
essive-formal lejeként
essive-modal lejéül
inessive lejében
superessive lején
adessive lejénél
illative lejébe
sublative lejére
allative lejéhez
elative lejéből
delative lejéről
ablative lejétől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
lejéé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
lejééi

Polish

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leje m inan

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of lej

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leje f

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of leja

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leje

  1. third-person singular present indicative of lać

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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leje

  1. inflection of leja:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/vocative plural