# lej
## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* le

### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *laidnja, from an Proto-Indo-European o-grade verb from the root *leyd- (“to release”). Alternatively from an *éy-present from the root *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”).

### Verb

lej (aorist leva, participle lerë)
* to give birth, bear (children)
* to be born
* to rise (of the sun)
    leu dielli ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) (The sun rose up.)

#### Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

#### Synonyms

* lind

#### Derived terms

* lenicë

#### Related terms

* lind
* $^?$ vëlla

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lej”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 217
* ↑ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “lei̯d-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 402–403
* ↑ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) “lej”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi

### Further reading

* “lej”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɛj]

### Verb

lej
* second-person singular imperative of lít
    Synonym: lij

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɑj/, [lɑjˀ]
* Homophone: leg

### Verb

lej
* imperative of leje

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian lei, plural of leu (“leu”) (literally, "lion"), from Latin leō (“lion”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɛj]
* Hyphenation: lej
* Rhymes: -ɛj

### Noun

lej (plural lejek)
* leu (currency of Romania)
* leu (currency of Moldova)

#### Declension
### Anagrams

* jel

## Old Polish
### Alternative forms

* lij

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lijь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /lʲɛːj/
* IPA: (15th CE) /lʲej/

### Noun

lej m animacy unattested
* funnel
    Synonym: napław
** 1874 [1393], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące‎, volume XV, page 170:Pro fusorio ferreo, quod dicitur lyg, quo pocula funduntur in vasa[Pro fusorio ferreo, quod dicitur lij, quo pocula funduntur in vasa]

#### Descendants

* Polish: lej

### References

* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “lej”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛj/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛj
* Syllabification: lej

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish lej.

#### Noun

lej m inan (diminutive lejek)
* large funnel
* crater, shell-pit

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Romanian leu, from Latin leō, from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).

#### Noun

lej m animal
* leu (currency of Moldova and Romania)

##### Alternative forms

* leja

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

lej
* second-person singular imperative of lać

### Further reading

* lej in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* lej in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* lag (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
* lai (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader)
* laitg (Sutsilvan)

### Etymology

From Latin lacus, from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).

### Noun

lej m (plural lejs)
* (Puter) lake

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɛj

### Verb

lej
* imperative of leja