Contionary:le-

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Europic

Pronunciation

Affix (Prefix)

le-

  1. past, yester-, fore-, last
  2. (Family) great-, grand-
  3. (Classical calque) pre-, prae-
    A particle indicating past or previous occurrence. ||When referring to ancestors. (For descendants, see go-.) ||Translates Latin pre-, prae- and Greek ante- in Classical Calques.

Antonyms

Related Terms

  • le ‘before’

Phrygian

Etymology

From Classical Phrygian ʌɛ- (le-), from Proto-Semitic *lV-. Cognate with Hebrew ל־ (l-), Aramaic ל־ (l-), Arabic لِـ (li-), among others.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Phrygian) IPA: /lɛ-/, (before a vowel) /l‿/
    • (Smyrna Phrygian) IPA: [l̩-]
    • (Attalia Phrygian) IPA: [lə-]
    • (Prusa Phrygian) IPA: [lɛ-]
  • (Classical Phrygian) IPA: /le-/

Preposition

ʌɛ- (le-)

  1. to, towards
  2. for
  3. into
    Synonym: ɓɛ-
  4. (with inflected verbs) in order to, so that
    Synonym: xɛ-

Inflection

Pronominal forms of ʌɛ (le)
base form ʌɛ
le
with definite article masculine ʌoʌ
lol
feminine ʌıʌ
lil
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
first person ʌɛï
leï
second person ʌɛx
lech
ʌɛ́xoɯ
léchom
ʌɛ́xɛï
lécheï
third person ʌo
lo
ʌɛ
le
ʌoɯ
lom
ʌɛï
leï