leka

See also: Leka

Faroese

Verb

leka (third person singular past indicative lek, third person plural past indicative lóku, supine likið)

  1. to leak

Conjugation
   Conjugation of leka
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infinitive leka
present participle lekandi
past participle a26 likin
supine likið
number singular plural
person first second third all
indicative eg tú hann/hon/tað vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present leki lekur lekur leka
past lak lakst lak lóku
imperative – tú – tit
present — lek! — lekið!

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish slägga ("sledgehammer").

Noun

leka

  1. A sledgehammer, maul
  2. (slang) A bottle, especially of moonshine.

Declension
Inflection of leka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative leka lekat
genitive lekan lekojen
partitive lekaa lekoja
illative lekaan lekoihin
singular plural
nominative leka lekat
accusative nom. leka lekat
gen. lekan
genitive lekan lekojen
lekainrare
partitive lekaa lekoja
inessive lekassa lekoissa
elative lekasta lekoista
illative lekaan lekoihin
adessive lekalla lekoilla
ablative lekalta lekoilta
allative lekalle lekoille
essive lekana lekoina
translative lekaksi lekoiksi
instructive — lekoin
abessive lekatta lekoitta
comitative — lekoineen

Anagrams

Hawaiian

Etymology

Borrowed from English letter.

Noun

leka

  1. letter (mail)

Verb

leka

  1. (transitive) to write a letter

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse leka, from Proto-Germanic *lekaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛːka/
    Rhymes: -ɛːka

Verb

leka (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative lak, third-person plural past indicative láku, supine lekið)

  1. (intransitive) to drip
  2. (intransitive) to leak
    Geturðu lagað þakið? Það lekur.
    Can you fix the roof? It leaks.

Conjugation
leka — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að leka
supine
(sagnbót)		 lekið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 lekandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég lek við lekum present
(nútíð)		 ég leki við lekum
þú lekur þið lekið þú lekir þið lekið
hann, hún, það lekur þeir, þær, þau leka hann, hún, það leki þeir, þær, þau leki
past
(þátíð)		 ég lak við lákum past
(þátíð)		 ég læki við lækjum
þú lakst þið lákuð þú lækir þið lækjuð
hann, hún, það lak þeir, þær, þau láku hann, hún, það læki þeir, þær, þau lækju
imperative
(boðháttur)		 lek (þú) lekið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
lektu lekiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
lekinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)		 singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 lekinn lekin lekið leknir leknar lekin
accusative
(þolfall)		 lekinn lekna lekið lekna leknar lekin
dative
(þágufall)		 leknum lekinni leknu leknum leknum leknum
genitive
(eignarfall)		 lekins lekinnar lekins lekinna lekinna lekinna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 lekni lekna lekna leknu leknu leknu
accusative
(þolfall)		 lekna leknu lekna leknu leknu leknu
dative
(þágufall)		 lekna leknu lekna leknu leknu leknu
genitive
(eignarfall)		 lekna leknu lekna leknu leknu leknu

Synonyms

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

leka m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of leke

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse leika, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną.

Verb

lēka

  1. to move quickly
  2. to flutter, swirl
  3. to dance
  4. to play

Conjugation
Conjugation of lēka (strong)
present past
infinitive lēka —
participle lēkandi, lēkande lēkin
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk lēker lēki, lēke —  lǣk lǣki, lǣke
þū lēker lēki, lēke lēk lǣkt lǣki, lǣke
han lēker lēki, lēke —  lǣk lǣki, lǣke
vīr lēkum, lēkom lēkum, lēkom lēkum, lēkom lǣkum, lǣkom lǣkum, lǣkom
īr lēkin lēkin lēkin lǣkin lǣkin
þēr lēka lēkin —  lǣku, -o lǣkin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk lēks lēkis, lēkes —  lǣks lǣkis, lǣkes
þū lēks lēkis, lēkes —  lǣkts lǣkis, lǣkes
han lēks lēkis, lēkes —  lǣks lǣkis, lǣkes
vīr lēkums, -oms lēkums, lēkoms —  lǣkums, lǣkoms lǣkums, lǣkoms
īr lēkins lēkins —  lǣkins lǣkins
þēr lēkas lēkins —  lǣkus, lǣkos lǣkins

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish lēka, from Old Norse leika, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

Pronunciation
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Verb

leka (present leker, preterite lekte, supine lekt, imperative lek)

  1. play a child's game
  2. (of fish and certain birds) to lek

Conjugation
Conjugation of leka (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive leka lekas
Present tense leker leks , lekes
Past tense lekte lektes
Supine lekt lekts
Imperative lek —
Present participle lekande
Past participle lekt

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse leka, from Proto-Germanic *lekaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²ˈlɛːˌkɐ/, /²ˈleːˌkɐ/
    Rhymes: -èːkɐ, -ɛ̀ːkɐ

Verb

leka (preterite lak, supine likki)

  1. (intransitive) to drip
  2. (intransitive) to leak

Synonyms
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