лят

Bulgarian

Etymology

Fossilized perfective participle of Proto-Slavic *liti (“to flow, to shed”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

лят • (ljat)

1. poured, shed

   Synonym: тучен (tučen)

2. cast (for metals)

   ля́то желя́зо ― ljáto željázo ― cast iron

   ля́та стома́на ― ljáta stomána ― cast steel

Declension

Derived terms

• изля́т (izlját, “cast, molten”)
• заля́т (zalját, “flooded”)
• наля́т (nalját, “poured”)
• слят (sljat, “fused”)

Related terms

• ле́я (léja, “to flow, to shed”)
• *лив (*liv) (obsolete)
  • за́лив (záliv, “bay, gulf”)
  • о́тлив (ótliv, “low tide”)
    • отли́вка (otlívka, “casting, mold”)
  • про́лив (próliv, “strait”)

References

• “лят”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014