# leda
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɛda]
* Hyphenation: le‧da

### Adverb

leda
* only, just
    Synonyms: jen, jenom, pouze
    Leda blázen by tohle udělal.Only a fool would do this.
* except for
    Tudy se nikam nedostaneš, leda ke hřbitovu.You won't get anywhere this way, except for the cemetery.
* (archaic) sloppily, carelessly
    Synonym: ledabyle

### Conjunction

leda
* unless, only if
    Synonyms: leč, ledaže, vyjma, jen
    Tam se autem nedostaneme, leda bychom jeli velkou oklikou.We won't get there by car, unless we make a big detour.

### Further reading

* “leda”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “leda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “leda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From ledo +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈleda]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eda
* Hyphenation: le‧da

### Adjective

leda (accusative singular ledan, plural ledaj, accusative plural ledajn)
* leather

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from French laid, Italian laido.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈleda/

### Adjective

leda
* ugly
    Antonym: bela
    Nula led anadyuni aparas en la rakonto di Leda e la cigno. ― No ugly ducklings appear in the story of Leda and the swan.
** 1955, The International Language Review, page 39:Es nul kauzo supozar ke irg frukto de raciono es leda, neutila, vana, senefika.There is no reason to suppose that any fruit of reason is ugly, useless, vain, ineffective.

#### Derived terms

* ledeskar (“to uglify”, intransitive verb)
* ledigar (“to uglify”, transitive verb)
* ledo (“ugly person, fright”)

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛ.da/
* Rhymes: -ɛda
* Hyphenation: lè‧da

### Verb

leda
* inflection of ledere:
** first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* Elda

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* ledet

### Verb

leda
* inflection of lede:
** simple past
** past participle

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse liða and hliða.

#### Verb

leda (present tense ledar, past tense leda, past participle leda, passive infinitive ledast, present participle ledande, imperative leda/led)
* Alternative form of lea

### Etymology 2

From led (“part, joint”) +‎ -a (“-ed”).

#### Alternative forms

* ledda

#### Adjective

leda (singular and plural leda)
* (especially in compounds) composed of parts (in sequence)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

leda n
* definite plural of led

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

leda f
* definite singular of led

### References

* “leda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* adel, adle, alde, dale, dela, elda, edla, lade

## Old Frisian
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laidijan. Cognate with Old English lǣdan, Old Saxon lēdian.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈleːda/, [ˈlɛːda]

### Verb

lēda
* (transitive) to lead

#### Descendants

* West Frisian: liede

#### References

* Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* (Greater Poland):
** (Central Greater Poland) IPA: /ˈlɛ.da/
** (Southern Greater Poland) IPA: /ˈlɛ.da/

### Particle

leda
* (Central Greater Poland, Southern Greater Poland) Alternative form of lada

### Further reading

* Oskar Kolberg (1877) “leda”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 19
* Oskar Kolberg (1877) “leda”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 30

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

lȅda
* genitive singular of led

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈleːˌda/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Old Swedish lēþa, from Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną.

#### Verb

leda (present leder, preterite ledde, supine lett, imperative led)
* to (gently) lead; to guide, to conduct
* to be in the lead; to be the leader of a competition
* to guide, to direct; to be in a position of leadership
* (passive voice) to be bored

##### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

##### Derived terms

* avleda, afleda
* härleda
* utleda

### Etymology 2

See led.

#### Adjective

leda
* inflection of led:
** definite singular
** plural

#### Noun

leda c
* boredom, aversion (towards something one has had too much of)

##### Derived terms

* livsleda
* till leda

### References

* leda in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* leda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* leda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* Edla, adel, dela, lade