lexía

Icelandic

/ˈlɛxsi(ː)ja/, /ˈlɛksi(ː)ja/

noun
Definitions
  • lesson learning material, learning task
  • lesson something learned
  • lesson something that serves to teach one something or as a warning
  • (Christianity) the reading from the Old Testament during a mass or other church service; lesson

Etymology

Derived from Latin lēctiō (reading, lection), legō (gather, read, choose, collect, I read, I gather, appoint, take, I collect, I choose, bring together, select) derived from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*leǵ-

Gloss

gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak

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Action/Process

Kanji

Emoji

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