leita

See also: leitä

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse leita, from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaiːta/
  • Rhymes: -aiːta
  • Homophone: leitað

Verb

leita (third person singular past indicative leitaði, third person plural past indicative leitaðu, supine leitað)

  1. to seek, to search

Conjugation

Conjugation of leita (group v-30)
infinitive leita
supine leitað
participle (a6)1 leitandi leitaður
present past
first singular leiti leitaði
second singular leitar leitaði
third singular leitar leitaði
plural leita leitaðu
imperative
singular leita!
plural leitið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse leita.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eiːta

Verb

leita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative leitaði, supine leitað)

  1. (with genitive or ) to seek, to search, to look for
    Afsakið, en ég er að leitaHallgrímskirkju.
    Excuse me, I'm looking for Hallgrímskirkja.
    Þú ættir að leita læknis, þú lítur ekki vel út.
    You should consult a doctor. You don't look well.
    Ég ákvað að leita til miðils til að tala við vin minn sem dó.
    I decided to turn to a psychic to talk to my friend who died.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

leita

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse leita. Akin to obsolete dialectal English lait.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²lɛɪːta/

Verb

leita (present tense leitar or leiter, past tense leita or leitte, past participle leita or leitt, present participle leitande, imperative leit)

  1. to search

See also

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną.

Verb

leita (singular past indicative leitaði, plural past indicative leitaðu, past participle leitaðr)

  1. to seek, to search

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: leita
  • Faroese: leita
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leita
    • Norwegian Bokmål: leite
  • Elfdalian: lieta
  • Danish: lede
    • Norwegian Bokmål: lete
  • Old Swedish: lēta

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlej.tɐ/ [ˈleɪ̯.tɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlej.ta/ [ˈleɪ̯.ta]
 

  • Hyphenation: lei‧ta

Noun

leita f (plural leitas)

  1. milt (fish semen)
    Synonym: láctea

Verb

leita

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