leat
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably from Middle English lete (“a meeting or intersection of roads; junction; crossroads; conduit”), from Old English ġelǣte (“a going out, ending, meeting”), as in Old English wæterġelǣt (“watercourse, aquaduct”), from Proto-Germanic *lētą, *galētą (“a letting, a letting out”). Cognate with Old High German gilāz (“outlet, exit, end, road junction”), German Gelaß (“back room, recess, private chamber”). Related to English let.
Noun
leat (plural leats)
- An artificial watercourse, canal, or aqueduct, but especially a millrace.
Derived terms
Translations
artificial watercourse, canal or aqueduct
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Anagrams
- teal, tael, et. al, atel-, LATE, late, TEAl, Elta, et al., TEAL, et al, Teal, tela, EATL, ETLA, tale
Irish
Pronunciation
Pronoun
leat (emphatic leatsa)
References
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath , section 308, page 143
Northern Sami
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Samic *leatēk (“to be”), from Proto-Uralic *le- (“to become”).
Pronunciation
Verb
leat
- to be
- (possessor in locative case) to have, to possess
- (auxiliary) Forms the perfect tense, together with a past participle.
Usage notes
In the meaning "have", the thing possessed is in the nominative case, while the possessor is in the locative case.
Inflection
| Odd, no gradation, irregular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | leat leahkit | ||
| 1st sing. present | lean | ||
| 1st sing. past | ledjen | ||
| infinitive | leat leahkit |
action noun | leapmi |
| present participle | leahkki | action inessive | leamen leame leahkime |
| past participle | leamaš | action elative | leames |
| agent participle | — | action comitative | — |
| abessive | — | ||
| present indicative | past indicative | imperative | |
| 1st singular | lean | ledjen | lēhkon |
| 2nd singular | leat | ledjet | leagẹ |
| 3rd singular | lea | lei leai |
lēhkos |
| 1st dual | letne | leimme | leadnu leahkku |
| 2nd dual | leahppi | leidde | leahkki |
| 3rd dual | leaba | leigga leaigga |
lēhkoska |
| 1st plural | leat | leimmet | lēhkot leatnot |
| 2nd plural | lēhpet | leiddet | lēhket |
| 3rd plural | leat | ledje | lēhkoset |
| connegative | leat | lean | leagẹ |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | |
| 1st singular | livččen | — | leaččan |
| 2nd singular | livččet | — | leaččat |
| 3rd singular | livččii | — | leš leaš leažžá |
| 1st dual | livččiime | — | ležže |
| 2nd dual | livččiide | — | leažžabeahtti |
| 3rd dual | livččiiga | — | leažžaba |
| 1st plural | livččiimet | — | leažžat |
| 2nd plural | livččiidet | — | leažžabehtet |
| 3rd plural | livčče | — | ležžet |
| connegative | livčče | — | leš leaš leačča |
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
lēat
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic лѣто (lěto), from Proto-Slavic *lěto.
Pronunciation
Noun
leat n (plural leaturi)
- (dated) year
- (figurative) being of the same age
- (dated) recruit
Declension
Declension of leat
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) leat | leatul | (niște) leaturi | leaturile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) leat | leatului | (unor) leaturi | leaturilor |
| vocative | leatule | leaturilor | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish lat. Cognates include Irish leat and Manx lhiat.
Pronunciation
- (Lewis) IPA(key): /let̪/, [1]
- (Uist, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /lɛht̪/[2][3]
- (Barra) IPA(key): [4]
- Hyphenation: leat
Pronoun
leat
- second-person singular of le: with you; by you
Inflection
| Personal inflection of le | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Person | Simple | Emphatic | ||||||
| Singular | 1st | leam | leamsa | ||||||
| 2nd | leat | leatsa | |||||||
| 3rd m | leis | leis-san | |||||||
| 3rd f | leatha | leathase | |||||||
| Plural | 1st | leinn | leinne | ||||||
| 2nd | leibh | leibhse | |||||||
| 3rd | leotha | leothasan | |||||||
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
Further reading
- Colin Mark (2003) The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 382
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
leat c (plural leaten, diminutive leatsje)
Further reading
- “leat”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011