"leja" meaning in Swedish

See leja in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /lɛja/
Rhymes: -ɛja Etymology: From Old Swedish leghia, from Old Norse leiga, from Proto-Germanic *laigijaną (“to lend”). Etymology templates: {{root|sv|ine-pro|*leykʷ-}}, {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|leghia}} Old Swedish leghia, {{inh|sv|non|leiga}} Old Norse leiga, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*laigijaną||to lend}} Proto-Germanic *laigijaną (“to lend”) Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|lejer|preterite|lejde|supine|lejt|imperative|lej|head=}} leja (present lejer, preterite lejde, supine lejt, imperative lej) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|lej}} Forms: lejer [present], lejde [preterite], lejt [supine], lej [imperative], no-table-tags [table-tags], leja [active, infinitive], lejas [infinitive, passive], lejt [active, supine], lejts [passive, supine], lej [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], lejen [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive], lejer [active, indicative, present], lejde [active, indicative, past], lejs [indicative, passive, present], lejes [indicative, passive, present], lejdes [indicative, passive, past], leja [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present], lejde [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past], lejas [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present], lejdes [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past], leje [active, dated, present, subjunctive], lejde [active, dated, past, subjunctive], lejes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], lejdes [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], lejande [active, participle, past, present], lejd [active, participle, past]
  1. to hire (on a temporary basis) Derived forms: leja ut (english: contract out) Related terms: lega, anlita, torped
    Sense id: en-leja-sv-verb-R15WCQCq Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lejer",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejde",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejt",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lej",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leja",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lej",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lejen",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejs",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejdes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "leja",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "archaic",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leje",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejes",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejdes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "lej",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "lejer",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "lejde",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "lejt",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": ""
      },
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    }
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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          "english": "contract out",
          "word": "leja ut"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "hire a hitman",
          "text": "leja en torped",
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        }
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        "to hire (on a temporary basis)"
      ],
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "lega"
        },
        {
          "word": "anlita"
        },
        {
          "word": "torped"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛja/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leja"
}
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    }
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        "3": "leiga"
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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        "5": "to lend"
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      "name": "inh"
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "lejer",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejde",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejt",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lej",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leja",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
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      "form": "lejas",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
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      "form": "lejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lej",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "imperative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejdes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leja",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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    },
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        "passive",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "lejdes",
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        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "lejes",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejdes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lejd",
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        "participle",
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  "lang_code": "sv",
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      "word": "lega"
    },
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      "word": "anlita"
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    }
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        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
        "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Swedish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leykʷ-",
        "Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
        "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
        "Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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        "Swedish verbs",
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      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/lɛja/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leja"
}

Download raw JSONL data for leja meaning in Swedish (4.4kB)

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  "trace": ""
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'ind. plural'",
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