*lekaną

Runic: ᛚᛖᚲᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈle.kɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 5

Meanings

To leak; seep; drip

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leg- (‘to leak’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularlekōlekaų–
2nd singularlikizilekaizlek
3rd singularlikidilekailekadau
1st duallekōzlekaiw–
2nd duallekadizlekaidizlekadiz
1st plurallekamazlekaim–
2nd plurallikidlekaidlikid
3rd plurallekandilekainlekandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularlekai–
2nd singularlekazailekaizau
3rd singularlekadailekaidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st plurallekandailekaindau
2nd plurallekandailekaindau
3rd plurallekandailekaindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularlaklēkį̄
2nd singularlahtlēkīz
3rd singularlaklēkī
1st duallēkūlēkīw
2nd duallēkudizlēkīdiz
1st plurallēkumlēkīm
2nd plurallēkudlēkīd
3rd plurallēkunlēkīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
lekaną lekandz lekanaz

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Descendants

  • *lekan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *lekan (Old Dutch)
      • lēken, lecken (Middle Dutch)
        • laeke, läkke (Limburgish)
  • *lekan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *lekan (Old Dutch)
      • lēken, lecken (Middle Dutch)
        • lekken (Dutch)
          • lek (Afrikaans)
  • *lekan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *lecan (Old English)
      • leken (Middle English)
        • leke, lek, leek (Scots)
  • *lekan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *lecan (Old English)
      • leken (Middle English)
        • leak (English)
          • liki (Esperanto)
  • *lekan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *leka, *lekka (Old Frisian)
      • läkke (Saterland Frisian)
      • lekke (West Frisian)
  • *lekan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • lehhan, irlehhan (Old High German)
      • lechen, erlëchen (Middle High German)
        • lechen, erlechen (German)
  • *lekan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *lekan (Old Saxon)
      • lēken (Middle Low German)
        • leken (Low German)
  • leka (Old Norse)
    • leka (Faroese)
    • leka (Icelandic)
    • leka (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • läka, läcka (Swedish)

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