lenta
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Asturian
Adjective
lenta
Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
lenta
Galician
Adjective
lenta
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from French lent, Italian lento, Spanish lento, from Latin lentus.
Adjective
lenta
Derived terms
Italian
Adjective
lenta f sg
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
lentā
References
- lenta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Lithuanian
Etymology
Related to Latvian lenta (“board, plank”), Proto-Slavic *lǫtъ (“linden bast”) (whence Russian лут (lut, “bast, bark of a linden”), also diminutive *lǫtъka), from Proto-Balto-Slavic , ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lenteh₂; compare Albanian lëndë (“timber; matter”), Proto-Germanic *lindō (“linden”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
lentà f (plural leñtos) stress pattern 4 (diminutive lentẽlė)
Declension
Declension of lentà
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | lentà | leñtos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | lentõs | lentų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | leñtai | lentóms |
| accusative (galininkas) | leñtą | lentàs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | lentà | lentomìs |
| locative (vietininkas) | lentojè | lentosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | leñta | leñtos |
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lenta”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 280-1
- ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*lentehₐ-”, in The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 161
- ^ “lenta” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ẽtɐ
- Hyphenation: len‧ta
Adjective
lenta
Spanish
Adjective
lenta f sg