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

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

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 …

4. league (unit of measure)

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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

• liegā (Courland)

From Proto-Finnic *lika. Cognates include Finnish lika.

lega

1. dirt
2. mud

• 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): /ˈl͈ʲeɣa/

·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

lega

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

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

• IPA^(key): /leˈɡa/

• Audio:

  (file)

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), 2004–2025

From Proto-Polynesian *renga, from Proto-Oceanic *renga. Cognate with Hawaiian lena, Tahitian reʻa, Tongan enga and Maori 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 (SAOL)
• lega in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lega in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• 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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