lesta

Clipping of lestadiolainen

• IPA^(key): /ˈlestɑ/, [ˈle̞s̠tɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -estɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): les‧ta

lesta (colloquial)

1. (possibly derogatory) Laestadian

• tesla

• Homophones: lestas, lestât

lesta

1. third-person singular past historic of lester

• lestra, lestre

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language; the derived form Lestedo is attested in Medieval Latin (819) as Lestetum.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛsta̝/

lesta f (plural lestas)

1. holy grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum)

   Synonyms: herba santa, léstiga

2. pine needle

   Synonyms: arume, frouma

• Lestedo
• léstiga
• lestegal

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lesta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lesta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lesta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛsta/
• Rhymes: -ɛsta

lesta

1. to load, to burden with cargo

• lestun

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.sta/
• Rhymes: -ɛsta
• Hyphenation: lè‧sta

lesta

1. feminine singular of lesto

Root
l-s-t-j
1 term

Integrated loan verb from Sicilian allèstiri (“to hurry up”) and/or related Italian allestire (“to prepare, organise”, formerly also “hurry up”), from the adjective Sicilian lestu, Italian lesto (“quick”), of unknown origin. The senses “prepare, get ready, finish” are apparently derived as referring to the objective of hurry or quickness. Compare Spanish listo (“agile” and “ready”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛsta/

lesta (imperfect jlesti)

1. to finish; to complete; to stop because one is ready, done

Conjugation of lesta
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	lestejt	lestejt	lesta		lestejna	lestejtu	lestew
	f			lestiet
imperfect	m	nlesti	tlesti	jlesti		nlestu	tlestu	jlestu
	f			tlesti
imperative			lesti				lestu

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːsta/, [ˈlɛːsta]

lēsta

1. Alternative form of lāsta

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

• Hyphenation: les‧ta

lesta

1. feminine singular of lesto

Borrowed from French lester.

a lesta (third-person singular present lestează, past participle lestat) 1st conj.

1. to ballast