"lei" meaning in Dutch

See lei in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɛi/ Audio: Nl-lei.ogg Forms: leien [plural], leitje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɛi̯ Etymology: From Middle Dutch leye, probably an old Germanic loan from Gaulish *lēi, from Proto-Celtic *līwanks (compare *līwos (“stone”)), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w- (“stone”), see also Ancient Greek λᾶας (lâas, “stone”), Albanian lerë (“boulder”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|leye}} Middle Dutch leye, {{der|nl|cel-gau|*lēi}} Gaulish *lēi, {{der|nl|cel-pro|*līwanks}} Proto-Celtic *līwanks, {{m|cel-pro|*līwos|t=stone}} *līwos (“stone”), {{der|nl|ine-pro|*leh₁w-|t=stone}} Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w- (“stone”), {{cog|grc|λᾶας|t=stone}} Ancient Greek λᾶας (lâas, “stone”), {{cog|sq|lerë|t=boulder}} Albanian lerë (“boulder”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|leitje}} lei f (plural leien, diminutive leitje n)
  1. (uncountable) slate (material) Tags: feminine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lei-nl-noun-EWzhzTP5
  2. (countable) slate (object) Tags: countable, feminine
    Sense id: en-lei-nl-noun-TNw5uc4W
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: leien, leisteen, met een schone lei herbeginnen Related terms: griffel
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /lɛi/ Audio: Nl-lei.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛi̯ Etymology: From Middle Dutch leide, with the same development as in zeggen > zei. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|leide}} Middle Dutch leide, {{m|nl|zeggen}} zeggen, {{m|nl|zei}} zei Head templates: {{head|nl|verb form}} lei
  1. (archaic) singular past indicative of leggen Tags: archaic, form-of, indicative, past, singular Form of: leggen
    Sense id: en-lei-nl-verb-PKufB2jz Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 24 8 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for lei meaning in Dutch (3.8kB)

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leisteen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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        {
          "args": {
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        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
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    },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "t": "boulder"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "rhymes": "-ɛi̯"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "leien"
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    {
      "word": "leisteen"
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    {
      "word": "met een schone lei herbeginnen"
    }
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    },
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    },
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