From a merger ofDutchleggen(“to lay”) andliggen(“to lie”). Formally, the forms with-ê- are fromleggen, while the alternative present participle is fromliggen (as is the lexicalised past participlegeleë).

• IPA^(key): /lɛː/,[lɛ̞ː]

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lê (presentlê,present participleliggende,past participlegelê)

1. (intransitive) tolie(to be in a horizontal position)

   Hylê op die bed.

   He'slying on the bed.

2. (transitive) tolay(to put into a horizontal position)

   Hylê sy tas op die bed.

   Helays his bag on the bed.

• (to lay):neerlê(more common)

• geleë

• lî(Bolognese)

FromLatinilla (feminine ofille), ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*h₂el-(“beyond, other”). Cognates includeFrenchelle.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː/
• Hyphenation:lê

lê (personal, disjunctive case)

1. she,her(emphatic form)

lê

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection ofler:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

Probably fromSpanishley.

lê

1. law

• IPA^(key): /leː/

lê

1. he,him
2. she,her(accusative)
3. it

• Because the pronoun is not gender-specific, it is followed:
  • byo if the gender is masculine

    lê o l'é bèllo ―he is handsome

  • bya if the gender is feminine

    lê a l'é bèlla ―she is beautiful

• mi
• ti
• noî,niâtri
• voî,viâtri
• lô,liâtri

FromPortugueseler.

lê

1. (ambitransitive) toread

   tâlê ―he isreading

   Si cavalê, pegá dá, nadi assi consumido.

   To give it back afterreading, it won't be as annoying.

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• Rhymes:-eː

lê

1. but

• Rhymes:-e

• Hyphenation:lê
• Homophone:ler(Brazil)

lê m (plurallês)

1. (Northeast Brazil)The name of theLatin script letterL/l.

   Synonym:ele

lê

1. inflection ofler:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative
2. apocopic form ofler; used preceding the pronounslo,la,los orlas
3. eye dialect spelling ofler, representingBrazil Portuguese

• (Latin-script letter names)letra;á,bê,cê,dê,é,efe,gê /guê,agá,i,jota,cá /capa,ele,eme,ene,ó,pê,quê,erre,esse,tê,u,vê,dáblio,xis,ípsilon,zê

• “lê”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• (Hà Nội)IPA^(key): [le˧˧]
• (Huế)IPA^(key): [lej˧˧]
• (Saigon)IPA^(key): [lej˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from梨.

(classifiercây,trái,quả) lê

1. pear

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lê• (黎)

1. todrag something

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