lesta

See also: lestä

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of lestadiolainen

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlestɑ/, [ˈle̞s̠t̪ɑ]
  • Hyphenation: les‧ta

Noun

lesta

  1. (colloquial, possibly derogatory) Laestadian

Declension
Inflection of lesta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative lesta lestat
genitive lestan lestojen
partitive lestaa lestoja
illative lestaan lestoihin
singular plural
nominative lesta lestat
accusative nom. lesta lestat
gen. lestan
genitive lestan lestojen
lestainrare
partitive lestaa lestoja
inessive lestassa lestoissa
elative lestasta lestoista
illative lestaan lestoihin
adessive lestalla lestoilla
ablative lestalta lestoilta
allative lestalle lestoille
essive lestana lestoina
translative lestaksi lestoiksi
instructive — lestoin
abessive lestatta lestoitta
comitative — lestoineen

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Verb

lesta

  1. third-person singular past historic of lester

Galician
lesta ("Anthoxanthum odoratum")

Alternative forms
  • lestra, lestre

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language; the derived form Lestedo is attested in Medieval Latin (819) as Lestetum.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛsta̝/

Noun

lesta f (plural lestas)

  1. holy grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum)
  2. pine needle

Synonyms
  • (grass): herba santa, léstiga
  • (pine needle): arume, frouma

Derived terms
  • Lestedo
  • léstiga

References
  1. Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. lesta.

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛsta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsta

Verb

lesta

  1. to load, to burden with cargo

Derived terms

Italian

Adjective

lesta

  1. feminine singular of lesto

Portuguese

Adjective

lesta

  1. Feminine singular of adjective lesto.
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