leat

English

Alternative forms

• leet

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

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Wikipedia

leat (plural leats)

1. An artificial watercourse, canal, or aqueduct, but especially a millrace.

Derived terms

• leatwright

Translations

Anagrams

• EATL, ETLA, Elta, LATE, TEAL, TEAl, Teal, et al, et al., late, tael, tale, teal, tela

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʲat̪ˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /lʲæt̪ˠ/

Pronoun

leat (emphatic leatsa)

1. second-person singular of le: with you sg, to you sg

References

Northern Sami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Samic *leatēk (“to be”), from Proto-Uralic *le- (“to become”).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈlea̯h(t)/

Verb

leat

1. to be
2. (possessor in locative case) to have, to possess
3. (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

Alternative forms

• leahkit

Derived terms

• leahkin
• doppe leat
• leat lohpi

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic лѣто (lěto), from Proto-Slavic *lěto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

leat n (plural leaturi)

1. (dated) year
2. (figurative) being of the same age
3. (dated) recruit

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lat. Cognates include Irish leat and Manx lhiat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛʰt̪/, /laʰt̪/
• Hyphenation: leat

Pronoun

leat

1. second-person singular of le: with you; by you

Inflection

References

• 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)

1. plant shoot

Further reading

• “leat”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011