FromMiddle English legh lege lei ( “ clearing, open ground ” ) , fromOld English lēah ( “ clearing in a forest ” ) fromProto-West Germanic *lauh ( “ meadow ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *lauhaz ( “ meadow ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *lówkos ( “ field, meadow ” ) .
Akin toOld Frisian lāch ( “ meadow ” ) ,Old Saxon lōh ( “ forest, grove ” ) (Middle Dutch loo ( “ forest, thicket ” ) ;Dutch -lo ( “ in placenames ” ) ),Old High German lōh ( “ covered clearing, low bushes ” ) ,Old Norse lō ( “ clearing, meadow ” ) .
lea (plural leas
Lea Marsh, UK. An open field,meadow ,pasture . open field, meadow, pasture
FromMiddle English le lee ley Old French lier ( “ to bind ” ) ,Old French laisse ( “ leash, cord ” ) ,Old French lïace lïaz ( “ bundle ” ) .
lea (plural leas
Any of severalmeasures ofyarn ; for linen, 300 yards (275 m); for cotton, 120 yards (110 m).Synonym: rap A set ofwarp threads carried by aloop of theheddle . Blend ofle la
lea gender-neutral (plural les
( neologism ) the lea gender-neutral (plural les
( neologism ) them ( direct object ) Je nelea vois pas souvent. I don't seethem often 1 On can also function as a first person plural (although agreeing with third person singular verb forms).2 Vous is also used as the polite singular form.3 Ils andeux are also used when a group has a mixture of masculine and feminine members.4 These forms are also used as third person plural reflexive.
lea
inflection ofler first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative inflection oflear third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative lea f plural leas
fight ,quarrel Synonyms: liorta briga lida lea f genitive leae first declension
( poetic ) lioness First-declension noun.
“lea Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 )A Latin Dictionary “lea Charlton T. Lewis (1891 )An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers "lea ", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis lea inGaffiot, Félix (1934 )Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette. “lea William Smith, editor (1854, 1857 ),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography , volume1 & 2 , London: Walton and Maberly lea
third-person singular present indicative ofleat lea
simplepast andpast participle oflee From theOld Norse liða hliða
lea (present tense lear past tense lea past participle lea passive infinitive least present participle leande imperative lea /le
( transitive ) wiggle ,move See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
lea n
definite plural ofle “lea” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .lēa
inflection oflēan first-person singular present indicative singular present subjunctive lea
third-person singular / plural present subjunctive ofla IPA (key ) : /ˈlea/ Hyphenation:le‧a lea
( intransitive ) ripe Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007 ), “lea”, inSidaama-Amharic-English dictionary , Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department IPA (key ) : /ˈlea/ [ˈle.a] Rhymes:-ea Syllabification:le‧a lea
inflection ofleer first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative -lea (infinitive kulea
toraise a child, torear tocare for something( attend to the needs of ) Conjugation of-lea Positive present -na Subjunctive -lee Negative -lei Imperative singular lea
Infinitives Imperatives Tensed forms Habitual hulea Positive past positive subject concord + -li Negative past negative subject concord + -ku
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na Singular Plural 1st person ni na tu 2nd person u m 3rd person m-wa(I/II) a wa other classes positive subject concord + -na
Negative present (negative subject concord + -lei Singular Plural 1st person si hatu 2nd person hu ham 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ha hawa other classes negative subject concord + -lei
Positive future positive subject concord + -ta Negative future negative subject concord + -ta
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lee Singular Plural 1st person ni tu 2nd person u m 3rd person m-wa(I/II) a wa other classes positive subject concord + -lee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -si Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -nge Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singe Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngali Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singali
Perfect positive subject concord + -me "Already" positive subject concord + -mesha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -ja "If/When" positive subject concord + -ki "If not" positive subject concord + -sipo Consecutive kalea positive subject concord + -ka Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -ka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. SeeAppendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Probably fromProto-Polynesian *leo Maori reo
lea
language ;speech lea fakatongaTongan language lea
Alternative form oflaave 1867 SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , number 3, page104 :Anlea a pariesh o Kilmannan. Andleave the parish of Kilmannan. Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland , London: J. Russell Smith, published1867 ,page52 
