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Lithuanian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lēˀtas, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁-tos, from the root Proto-Indo-European *leh₁- (“slow”). Cognate with Latvian lēts (“inexpensive; (archaic) light, easy”)[1] and probably Proto-Slavic *lěto (“summer”) (presumably, originally “mild, calm weather”).[2]
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Adjective
lėtas m (feminine lėta) [3]
- slow
- calm, gentle
Declension
Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of lėtas
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of lėtas
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lėtas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 281
- ^ “lėtas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė, 2007–2012
- ^ “lėtas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas, lkz.lt, 1941–2024