# leje
## Albanian
### Etymology

From lë, with -je feminizing suffix.

### Noun

leje f
* permission, allowance, authorization
* leave

#### Related terms

* lë
* lejoj

## Central Franconian
### Alternative forms

* leeje, lege (alternative spellings)
* lüjje (Ripuarian variant, from the 2nd and 3rd persons singular under standard German influence)
* liehe (southern Moselle Franconian)
* leie, luje (Kirchröadsj)

### Etymology

From Middle High German liegen, from Old High German liogan, from Proto-West Germanic *leugan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈleːjə/

### Verb

leje (third-person singular present lüch or leecht, past tense looch, past participle jeloge or geloge)
* (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to lie; to tell lies
    Dä lüch, wann e ald de Muul opmäht.He lies whenever he opens his mouth.

#### Usage notes

* The forms lüch; looch; jeloge are Ripuarian, while leecht; looch; geloge are Moselle Franconian.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɛjɛ]

### Verb

leje
* inflection of lít:
** third-person singular present
** masculine singular present transgressive
    Synonym: lije

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lajə/, [ˈlɑːɪ]
* Homophone: lege

### Etymology 1

From Old Danish leghæ, læghæ, a merger of two nouns: 1. Old Norse lega f (“lying in bed”), from Proto-Germanic *legǭ; and 2. Old Norse lægi n (“anchorage”), from Proto-Germanic *lēgiją. Both nouns are derived from the verb Proto-Germanic *ligjaną (“to lie”).

#### Noun

leje n (singular definite lejet, plural indefinite lejer)
* bed, bedding (anything that someone lies on)
* lair, den, form, seat
* bearing
* berth (space for a ship to moor)
* fishing hamlet
* pitch, range
* presentation (position of the foetus in the uterus at birth)

##### Declension
#### References

* “leje,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Etymology 2

From Old Danish leghæ, from Old Norse leiga (“rent”), from Proto-Germanic *laigǭ, cognate with Norwegian leie, Swedish lega. Derived from Proto-Germanic *līhwaną (“to lend”), which is the source of Old Norse ljá and German leihen.

#### Noun

leje c (singular definite lejen, plural indefinite lejer)
* rent, rental
* renting, hire, leasing, chartering

##### Declension
#### References

* “leje,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Etymology 3

From Old Danish leghæ, from Old Norse leigja (“to rent”), from Proto-Germanic *laigijaną, cognate with Norwegian leie, Swedish leja. Related to the former word.

#### Verb

leje (past tense lejede, past participle lejet)
* rent, hire, lease, charter

##### Conjugation
#### References

* “leje,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Hungarian
### Etymology

lej (“leu”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɛjɛ]
* Hyphenation: le‧je

### Noun

leje
* third-person singular single-possession possessive of lej

#### Declension
## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛjɛ/
* Rhymes: -ɛjɛ
* Syllabification: le‧je
* Homophone: leję

### Noun

leje m inan
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of lej

### Noun

leje f
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of leja

### Verb

leje
* third-person singular present indicative of lać

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

leje
* inflection of leja:
** genitive singular
** nominative/vocative plural