le

lé (canonical)
liyóh (first-person indicative indicative-i present singular v-affirmative)
litóh (indicative indicative-i present second-person singular v-affirmative)
léh (indicative indicative-i masculine present singular third-person v-affirmative)
léh (feminine indicative indicative-i present singular third-person v-affirmative)
linóh (first-person indicative indicative-i plural present v-affirmative)
litoonúh (indicative indicative-i plural present second-person v-affirmative)
loonúh (indicative indicative-i plural present third-person v-affirmative)
liyó (first-person indicative indicative-i n-affirmative present singular)
litó (indicative indicative-i n-affirmative present second-person singular)
lé (indicative indicative-i masculine n-affirmative present singular third-person)
lé (feminine indicative indicative-i n-affirmative present singular third-person)
linó (first-person indicative indicative-i n-affirmative plural present)
litón (indicative indicative-i n-affirmative plural present second-person)
lón (indicative indicative-i n-affirmative plural present third-person)
máliyo (first-person indicative indicative-i negative present singular)
máyyu (first-person indicative indicative-i negative present singular)
málito (indicative indicative-i negative present second-person singular)
mántu (indicative indicative-i negative present second-person singular)
máli (indicative indicative-i masculine negative present singular third-person)
máli (feminine indicative indicative-i negative present singular third-person)
málino (first-person indicative indicative-i negative plural present)
mánnu (first-person indicative indicative-i negative plural present)
máliton (indicative indicative-i negative plural present second-person)
málon (indicative indicative-i negative plural present third-person)
lúk + perfective of én (indicative indicative-i past)
lúk + perfective of sugé (indicative indicative-ii past)
liyóm takkéh (affirmative first-person potential present singular)
litóm takkéh (affirmative potential present second-person singular)
lém takkéh (affirmative masculine potential present singular third-person)
lém takkéh (affirmative feminine potential present singular third-person)
linóm takkéh (affirmative first-person plural potential present)
litoonúm takkéh (affirmative plural potential present second-person)
loonúm takkéh (affirmative plural potential present third-person)
lúk + past conditional of sugé (affirmative conditional past)
líh (converb h-converb)
lúk (converb k-converb)
línnuh (converb innuh-converb singular third-person)
líyya (feminine infinitive singular third-person)


le

second-person singular aorist active indicative of lë

second-person singular aorist passive indicative of lihem

Jussive particle le (“let”) corresponds with 2nd person/singular Aorist form of Albanian lë (“to let/leave (go/behind)”); le (“you let/left (go/behind)”). From Proto-Albanian *laide (“let”). Identical to Baltic permissive and optative particles Latvian lai (“to let”), Lithuanian laĩ, Old Prussian -lai.
Cognate to Albanian lihem (“to be left; allowed”) (Standard & Tosk), Gheg Albanian lêhem, lêna (passive forms of active lë).


le

1. jussive particle → le (“let”)
2. + subjunctive particle → të (“it”)
3. + → subjunctive verb form (present, imperfect, perfect or past perfect). See also (*) for irregular verbs.

Jussive modal particle used before verbs. A gentle way to express orders, instructions or to ask for approval/permission. Jussive construction

Examples: third-person singular present active jussive of marr:
le (“let”) + të + marrë (“take”)
le të marrë ― let it take

third-person singular present passive jussive of merrem:
le (“let”) + të + merret (“deal (with)”)
le të merret ― let it deal (with)

third-person singular present active jussive of shkoj:
le (“let”) + të + shkojë (“go”)
le të shkojë ― let him go

third-person plural present active jussive of shkoj:
le (“let”) + të + shkojnë (“go”)
le të shkojnë ― let them go

third-person singular present active jussive of flas:
le (“let”) + të + flasë (“talk; speak”)
le të flasë ― let him talk

third-person plural present active jussive of flas:
le (“let”) + të + flasin (“talk; speak”)
le të flasin ― let them talk

indicative/present → subjunctive/present
është (“is”) → jetë (“be”)

Example: third-person singular present active jussive of jam:
le (“let”) + të (“it”) + jetë (“be”)
le të jetë ― let it be

Le që...

(subjunctive) + që (“that”) → subjunctive: not only that; if only; would that

Le se...

(Gheg, subjunctive) → mostly + se (“that”) instead of që (“id”): not only that; if only; would that


le

lehet

u le

From Proto-Albanian *laida, an ostensibly o-grade thematic present from the root *leyd- (“to let go, release”).


le

head

le (alternative form lou, feminine lai, plural les)

lou (alternative)
lai (feminine)
les (plural)


le

(China, Internet slang) Alternative form of lesbian


le

Pur vysi yw an le ma der an hav.

This place is very busy through the summer.

Eus le yn an park kerri na?

Res yw dhywgh ragerghi le rag an kyttrin leel.

You need to book a seat for the local bus.


le

From Latin illae, feminine plural of ille (“that”), from Old Latin olle. Cognates include Italian le (“the, them”) and French les (“the, them”).


le

From Latin illae, nominative feminine plural of ille.


le

le c (singular definite leen, plural indefinite leer)

leen (definite singular)
leer (indefinite plural)
le (indefinite nominative singular)
leen (definite nominative singular)
leer (indefinite nominative plural)
leerne (definite nominative plural)
les (genitive indefinite singular)
leens (definite genitive singular)
leers (genitive indefinite plural)
leernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse lé (“scythe”), from Proto-Germanic *lewô, cognate with Norwegian ljå and Swedish lie.


le

to laugh (show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face and emission of sounds)

le (imperative le, present ler, past lo, past participle leet or let)

le (imperative)
ler (present)
lo (past)
leet (participle past)
let (participle past)
ler (present)
lo (past)
har leet (perfect present)
let (perfect present)
havde leet (past perfect)
let (past perfect)
les (passive present)
leende (participle present)
leet (participle past)
let (participle past)
le (imperative present)
le (infinitive present)
have (auxiliary present)
leen (gerund present)

From Old Norse hlæja, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną, cognate with English laugh and German lachen.


le

Le mew. Le purr.

1949, Michael Maltese, For Scent-imental Reasons, spoken by Penelope Pussycat:

Waiter: 'Bonjour! I am le waiter on this ship! [...] Ah! Le strong silent type!'

1996 September 28, Game Freak, Pokémon Blue, Nintendo, level/area: S.S. Anne:

[…]upon arrival, le girlfriend realizes she has left her ID back at my house (a 1 1/2 hour roundtrip on the Metro), […]

2001 June 24, LaManna, “My Weekend...”, in alt.punk (Usenet):

And then le boyfriend perks up and names around 8 different brands (Stila, MAC, Becca, Nars etc..) - I was *SO* proud of him!! :)

2002 December 27, Amelia, “Re: Neat things SANTA brought me...”, in alt.fashion (Usenet):

That was always OUR song (me and le girlfriend of the time).

2003 January 10, johnny dupe (quoting nowhere man), “Re: I can walk with jezus...”, in alt.fan.wings (Usenet):

That's when Waitress Seductress Extraordinaire comes back and gets our order. […] "We're sharing an order of à la Appalachia, he says, handing over the menus and turning his focus back to me. Le waitress stomps off. I ask, "Why are they called that?" "Because when they've got the fries stacked up they're higher than a mountain range." I groan and touch my stomach. "You're funny," he says, his eyes twinkling.

2012 October 1, Miranda Kenneally, Stealing Parker, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 63:


le

Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham near an old Roman road.

Witton-le-Wear, Dalton-le-Dale, Hetton-le-Hole

(obsolete) Next to, near (still used in some place names).


le

Third person dative pronoun; to him, to her, to it, to them


le

Le lait du matin.

L’amour est aveugle.

Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.

Je vais visiter le Canada l’année prochaine, surtout l’Ontario et le Québec.

I will be visiting Canada next year, especially Ontario and Quebec.

La place Rouge se trouve au cœur de Moscou.

Red Square is located in the heart of Moscow.

Used before the names of most countries, many subnational regions, and other geographical names including names of lakes and streets; not translated into English in most cases.

Il s’est cassé la jambe.

(before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.

cinquante kilomètres à l’heure

trois dollars le morceau

Je suis née le 1er juillet 1967.

le m (feminine la, masculine and feminine plural les)

la (feminine)
les (feminine masculine plural)

From Middle French le, from Old French le, from Latin illum, by dropping il- and -m. Latin illum is the accusative singular of ille.


le

Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas.

Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture.

Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi.

I am small and he is too (literally, “... and he is it too”)

used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English

3 Also used when a group has both men and women

4 Also used as third person plural reflexive


le

le (third person feminine direct object)


le

aan le?

O yahii le!
He really left! (Pular)


le

third-person singular present indicative

inflection of ler:
second-person singular imperative


le

Mutu le


le

Yen pomi, prenez le bona e lasez le mala.

Here's apples, take the good ones and leave the bad ones.

the (used only when there is no other sign of plurality, for example with nominalized adjectives)


le

Latin script
Appendix:Latin script#English

The name of the Latin script letter L/l.


le

Io le appella mi amico.


le

le héadach

Is liomsa an hata.

Is le Cáit an peann luaidhe.
The pencil is Cáit’s; the pencil belongs to Cáit.

used in conjunction with the copula particle is and a noun to indicate possession

Is beag liom an cheist.

The issue is unimportant to me/in my opinion.

(in conjunction with the copula particle is and an adjective) in the opinion of, in the consideration of

rud le n-ithe

oiriúnach le n-ól

ró-the le n-ól

Cé mhéad atá le n-íoc?

to (indicating purpose; in this sense triggering eclipsis of vowel-initial verbal nouns)

le rud a dhéanamh

le (plus dative, triggers h-prothesis, before the definite article leis)

liom (first-person singular)
liomsa (emphatic first-person singular)
leat (second-person singular)
leatsa (emphatic second-person singular)
leis (masculine singular third-person)
leis-sean (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
léi (feminine singular third-person)
léise (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
linn (first-person plural)
linne (emphatic first-person plural)
libh (plural second-person)
libhse (emphatic plural second-person)
leo (plural third-person)
leosan (emphatic plural third-person)

From a conflation of two Early Modern Irish prepositions:
# re (“to”), from Old Irish fri, from Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Welsh wrth, prefix gwrth-), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”) (compare Latin versus (“against”)).
# le (“with”), from Old Irish la, from Proto-Celtic *let-, from Proto-Celtic *letos (“side”) (compare leath, Welsh lled).


le

From Latin illae, which is the nominative plural feminine of ille.


le

Le ho viste.

(accusative) them (third-person plural feminine)

with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects

Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects. Unlike the singular forms

the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language

and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead


le

Le ho detto che la amo.

Le ho dato la lettera.

Non le ho detto il mio nome.

Le ho dato la lettera.

From Vulgar Latin *illae, a nonstandard form of Latin illī (dative singular of illa). The ae in illae is modelled under influence of the dative case for first-declension feminine nouns, e.g. Classical Latin puellae.


le

From Arabic لَا (lā). Cognate with Hebrew לא (lō).


le

French: le


le

le (imperative le, present tense ler, passive -, simple past lo, past participle ledd, present participle leende)

le (imperative)
ler (present)
lo (past)
ledd (participle past)
leende (participle present)

From Old Norse hlæja (“to laugh”), from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *klek-, *kleg- (“to shout”).


le

le (present tense ler, past tense lo, supine ledd or lett, past participle ledd, present participle leande, imperative le)

ler (present)
lo (past)
ledd (supine)
lett (supine)
ledd (participle past)
leande (participle present)
le (imperative)

From Old Norse hlæja (“to laugh”), from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną, from the Proto-Indo-European root *klel-, *kleg- (“to shout”). Akin to English laugh.


le

leet (definite singular)
le (indefinite plural)
lea (definite plural)

From Old Norse hlé. Akin to English lee.


le

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


le

the (masculine singular oblique definite article)

(Picardy, Anglo-Norman) the (feminine singular definite article)

li (masculine nominative singular)
la (feminine nominative singular)
le (feminine nominative singular)
li (masculine nominative plural)
les (feminine nominative plural)
le (masculine oblique singular)
la (feminine oblique singular)
les (masculine oblique plural)
les (feminine oblique plural)

lo (9th century in The Sequence of Saint Eulalia and 10th century in La Vie de Saint Léger)


le

Middle French: le
French: le


le

*Nyą raczy mą zapomneczi, le mą raczy szobe przypyszaczy

1874-1891 [15th century], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, volume XXII, page 60:

Bo yako gymyenya wyeloscz a czczi tego swyata nabiczye cziny ludzi nadąte a pischne, tako potąpyenye a vbostwo, le skromne, czini vbogye duchem

1874-1891 [Middle of the 15th century], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, volume XXII, page 235:

Gorze temv, lye duschy y czyalv ktorego..., yen nye zdradzyl

Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa, page 546:

Iesus... dluzey począl szye modlycz, lye przeto dluzey szye modly, yze blyzey ku smyerczy ydzye

Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa, page 599:

Middle Polish: le


le

that, this (agr: dist fem / dist non-nom masc)

head

le (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لےۡ)


le

From Proto-Khasian *laːj. Cognate with Khasi lai. Compare Proto-Palaungic *ləʔɔːj (whence Blang [La Gang] lɔ́j) and Car Nicobarese lōe.


le

(indirect object, third-person masculine plural) to them (all-male or mixed group)

From Latin illīs, dative common plural of ille.


le

(indirect object, third-person feminine plural) to them (all-female group)


le

(direct object, third-person feminine plural) them (all-female group)

le m (unstressed accusative form of ele)

îi

of ea (singular) and unstressed accusative of ei (masculine)


le

Thuit e leis a' chreig.

deòir a' ruith leis a h-aodann

le (+ dative, no mutation, before the definite article leis)

leam (first-person singular)
leamsa (emphatic first-person singular)
leat (second-person singular)
leatsa (emphatic second-person singular)
leis (masculine singular third-person)
leis-san (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
leatha (feminine singular third-person)
leathase (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
leinn (first-person plural)
leinne (emphatic first-person plural)
leibh (plural second-person)
leibhse (emphatic plural second-person)
leotha (plural third-person)
leothasan (emphatic plural third-person)
lem (first-person possessive singular)
ler (first-person plural possessive)
led (possessive second-person singular)
lur (plural possessive second-person)
le a (masculine possessive singular third-person)
len (masculine plural possessive third-person)
lem^(N 1)) (masculine plural possessive third-person)
le a (feminine possessive singular third-person)
len (feminine plural possessive third-person)
lem^(N 1)) (feminine plural possessive third-person)

From Old Irish la. Cognates include Irish le and Manx lesh.


le

Nego se varteći dugo tuj zamani,
Goro, le htih reći, zbogome ostani.


le

Tvojo resnico le ona ve.

2024, Raiven (lyrics and music), “Veronika”:


le

Mi mamá va a escribirle una carta.

Le dio un beso a Ana.

¡Ponle esfuerzo!

¿A usted le gustan los caballos?

to you, for you (formal); dative of usted


le

Le diré que te llame.

(gender-neutral, neologism) to them, for them (singular); dative of elle

masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown

when the subject is plural and of mixed gender

Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity

Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to


le

-le (canonical)
yule (singular)
wale (plural)
ule (singular)
ile (plural)
lile (singular)
yale (plural)
kile (singular)
vile (plural)
ile (singular)
zile (plural)
pale (singular)
kule (singular)
mle (singular)


le

Hon log brett

le (present ler, preterite log, supine lett, imperative le)

ler (present)
log (preterite)
lett (supine)
le (imperative)
le (active infinitive)
les (infinitive passive)
lett (active supine)
letts (passive supine)
le (active imperative)
len (active archaic imperative plural)
ler (active indicative present)
log (active indicative past)
les (indicative passive present)
logs (indicative passive past)
le (active archaic indicative plural present)
logo (active archaic indicative past plural)
les (archaic indicative passive plural present)
logos (archaic indicative passive past plural)
le (active dated present subjunctive)
loge (active dated past subjunctive)
les (dated passive present subjunctive)
loges (dated passive past subjunctive)
leende (participle present)

From Old Swedish lēia, lea, from Old Norse hlæja (“to laugh”), from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.


le

The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.


le

a plant in the rice family, which grows in forests and has a shape similar to bamboo


le

Nam Giao cổ kim lý hạng ca dao chú giải 南交古金里巷歌謠註解 ("Old and new folk-ballads from the hamlets and alleys in Nanjiao, annotated and explained"), 151a
𡥵𪅆奴𣵰𡥵𪂮奴𱝩
Con le nó lặn; con cò nó bay.
The lesser whistling duck dives; the stork flies.

(obsolete, zoology) lesser whistling duck


le

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) Alternative form of lè (“to loll (tongue); to put out”)


le

Le ma'r tŷ bach?

lle (mutation mutation-radical)
le (mutation mutation-soft)


le

Ó lè gbọ́ Yorùbá.

(auxiliary, defective) to be able, can, to be possible


le

Iṣẹ́ náà le bí ojú ẹja.

ṣe ará le o?

(idiomatic) to be healthy, to be in good health

kára ó le

A Yoruba greeting meaning, may you always be in good health!


le

Ọtí yìí le.


le

Alébíoṣù

A Yoruba nickname meaning, "One that appears very distinctly like the moon."


le

Wọ́n bí Àlàbá lé Ìdòwú.


le

Wọ́n lé e nílèékulèé, òun náà sàsàákúsàá.

They pursued him relentlessly, and he also ran relentlessly.


le

lé (full-form)
kule (locative)
yile (copulative)
wale (class-1 possessive)
owale (class-1 possessive possessive-substantive)
bale (class-2 possessive)
abale (class-2 possessive possessive-substantive)
wale (class-3 possessive)
owale (class-3 possessive possessive-substantive)
yale (class-4 possessive)
eyale (class-4 possessive possessive-substantive)
lale (class-5 possessive)
elale (class-5 possessive possessive-substantive)
ale (class-6 possessive)
awale (class-6 possessive possessive-substantive)
sale (class-7 possessive)
esale (class-7 possessive possessive-substantive)
zale (class-8 possessive)
ezale (class-8 possessive possessive-substantive)
yale (class-9 possessive)
eyale (class-9 possessive possessive-substantive)
zale (class-10 possessive)
ezale (class-10 possessive possessive-substantive)
lwale (class-11 possessive)
olwale (class-11 possessive possessive-substantive)
bale (class-14 possessive)
obale (class-14 possessive possessive-substantive)
kwale (class-15 possessive)
okwale (class-15 possessive possessive-substantive)
kwale (class-17 possessive)
okwale (class-17 possessive possessive-substantive)