lajt

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Bavarian lait (tank for carrying live fish), from German leiten (to lead, conduct).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

lajt (plural lajtok)

  1. (dated) tank (a large cask or vat mounted on wheels, on a cart, or a truck; used to carry water, live fish, wine, must, or silage effluent)
  2. (dated, attributively) tankful (as much as this tank can hold)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative lajt lajtok
accusative lajtot lajtokat
dative lajtnak lajtoknak
instrumental lajttal lajtokkal
causal-final lajtért lajtokért
translative lajttá lajtokká
terminative lajtig lajtokig
essive-formal lajtként lajtokként
essive-modal
inessive lajtban lajtokban
superessive lajton lajtokon
adessive lajtnál lajtoknál
illative lajtba lajtokba
sublative lajtra lajtokra
allative lajthoz lajtokhoz
elative lajtból lajtokból
delative lajtról lajtokról
ablative lajttól lajtoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
lajté lajtoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
lajtéi lajtokéi
Possessive forms of lajt
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. lajtom lajtjaim
2nd person sing. lajtod lajtjaid
3rd person sing. lajtja lajtjai
1st person plural lajtunk lajtjaink
2nd person plural lajtotok lajtjaitok
3rd person plural lajtjuk lajtjaik

Derived terms

  • lajtos kocsi (water cart) (the term is mostly used today in this phrase)

References

  1. ^ lajt in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • lajt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English light, lite.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlajt/
  • Rhymes: -ajt
  • Syllabification: lajt

Adverb

lajt (not comparable)

  1. (slang) easily (without difficulty)
    Synonym: na lajcie

Particle

lajt

  1. (slang) no problem, without any problems