lega

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛːɣa/
• Rhymes: -ɛːɣa

From Old Norse lega.

lega f (genitive singular legu, nominative plural legur)

1. the condition of lying (in a bed, etc.)
2. a period of infirmity, confinement to one’s bed, due to illness

   Hann er nýstaðinn upp úr langri legu. ― He has just recovered from a long period of illness.

3. position, situation
4. anchorage, roadstead
5. bearing (in a machine)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lega n

1. indefinite genitive plural of leg

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Hyphenation: lé‧ga

From the verb legare, from Latin ligō (“to tie”).

lega f (plural leghe)

1. league (politics, sports, distance), gang
2. association, society
3. (chemistry) alloy

   metallo di bassa lega ― base metal

   … di bassa lega ― vulgar, basic …

Inherited from Late Latin leuga.

lega f (plural leghe)

1. league (unit of measure)

• → Romanian: leghe

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lega

1. inflection of legare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Gela, gale, gela

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫeː.ɡaː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛː.ɡa]

lēgā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of lēgō

• "lega", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

lega

1. obsolete spelling of liegā

• Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch

• leget
• legte (simple past)
• legt (past participle)

lega

1. inflection of lege:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

lega f (definite singular lega, indefinite plural leger or legor, definite plural legene or legone)

1. definite singular of lege
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of lege

• alge, egal, egla, gale, lage

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː.jɑ/

lēġa

1. genitive plural of lēġ

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲe.ɣa/

·lega

1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of legaid

Nominal formation related to liggja (“to lie”).

lega f

1. lying in bed

• Icelandic: lega f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lege f
• Norwegian Bokmål: leie n (merged with lægi)

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “lega”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡa
• Syllabification: le‧ga

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

lega f

1. (bookbinding) gathering

   Synonym: składka

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lega

1. third-person singular present of legać

• “lega”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

lega

1. inflection of legar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• лега (lega) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Inherited from Latin ligāre, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).

• IPA^(key): /leˈɡa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: le‧ga

a lega (third-person singular present leagă, past participle legat, third-person subjunctive lege) 1st conjugation

1. to tie, bind, connect

• legare

• “lega”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

From Proto-Polynesian *renga, from Proto-Oceanic *renga. Cognate with Hawaiian lena, Tahitian reʻa, Tongan enga and Māori rengarenga (“Arthropodium cirratum”).^[1]

lega

1. turmeric

Before being cooked, it is called ago.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɡa/ [ˈle.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Syllabification: le‧ga

lega f (plural legas)

1. female equivalent of lego

lega f

1. feminine singular of lego

lega

1. inflection of legar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

-lega (infinitive kulega)

1. to be loose, limp; careless, negligent
2. to swing, oscillate

Conjugation of -lega
Positive present -nalega Subjunctive -lege Negative -legi Imperative singular lega
Infinitives
Positive kulega Negative kutolega
Imperatives
Singular lega Plural legeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hulega Positive past positive subject concord + -lilega Negative past negative subject concord + -kulega
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalega) Singular Plural 1st person ninalega/nalega tunalega 2nd person unalega mnalega 3rd person m-wa(I/II) analega wanalega other classes positive subject concord + -nalega
Negative present (negative subject concord + -legi) Singular Plural 1st person silegi hatulegi 2nd person hulegi hamlegi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) halegi hawalegi other classes negative subject concord + -legi
Positive future positive subject concord + -talega Negative future negative subject concord + -talega
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lege) Singular Plural 1st person nilege tulege 2nd person ulege mlege 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alege walege other classes positive subject concord + -lege
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silege Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngelega Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singelega Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalilega Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalilega
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -alega) Singular Plural 1st person nalega twalega 2nd person walega mwalega 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alega walega m-mi(III/IV) walega yalega ji-ma(V/VI) lalega yalega ki-vi(VII/VIII) chalega vyalega n(IX/X) yalega zalega u(XI) walega see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwalega pa(XVI) palega mu(XVIII) mwalega
Perfect positive subject concord + -melega "Already" positive subject concord + -meshalega "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jalega "If/When" positive subject concord + -kilega "If not" positive subject concord + -sipolega Consecutive kalega / positive subject concord + -kalega Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalege
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nilega -tulega 2nd person -kulega -walega/-kulegeni/-walegeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mlega -walega m-mi(III/IV) -ulega -ilega ji-ma(V/VI) -lilega -yalega ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kilega -vilega n(IX/X) -ilega -zilega u(XI) -ulega see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kulega pa(XVI) -palega mu(XVIII) -mulega Reflexive -jilega
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -lega- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -legaye -legao m-mi(III/IV) -legao -legayo ji-ma(V/VI) -legalo -legayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -legacho -legavyo n(IX/X) -legayo -legazo u(XI) -legao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -legako pa(XVI) -legapo mu(XVIII) -legamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -lega) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yelega -olega m-mi(III/IV) -olega -yolega ji-ma(V/VI) -lolega -yolega ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cholega -vyolega n(IX/X) -yolega -zolega u(XI) -olega see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kolega pa(XVI) -polega mu(XVIII) -molega
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -legeza (“to loosen”)
  • Passive: -legwa

From Old Swedish legha, lægha, from Old Norse lega, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną (“to lie; to rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”). Doublet of lager and läger.

lega c

1. berth (location for laying)
2. lodge (den or cave)

Common in hunting to describe a mammal's place of rest.

• daglega
• nattlega

• ligga
• läge

From Old Swedish lēgha, from Old Norse leiga (“hire, rent, pay”), from Proto-Germanic *laigǭ (“loan”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave”). Cognate of Danish leie. Doublet of lån and län.

lega c

1. (archaic) hire, contract, remuneration

• leja

• “lega”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “lega”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “lega”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• lega in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• legha in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L
• lägha in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L

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