"leja" meaning in Swedish

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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], weak [table-tags], leja [active, infinitive], lejas [infinitive, passive], lejt [active, supine], lejts [passive, supine], lej [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], lejen [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], lejer [active, indicative, present], lejde [active, indicative, past], lejs [indicative, passive, present], lejes [indicative, passive, present], lejdes [indicative, passive, past], leja [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], lejde [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], lejas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], lejdes [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], leje [active, dated, present, subjunctive], lejde [active, dated, past, subjunctive], lejes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], lejdes [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], lejande [participle, present], lejd [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): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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