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Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Diminutive in -th of lyer (“bedaubed, stained”), participle of lyej (“to daub, smear”). Similar formation in synonym lyrdhëz, from lyr (“to make greasy, oily; stain, make dirty”).
Noun
lyth m (plural lytha, definite lythi, definite plural lythat)
- (medicine) wart
- (medicine) mole
- (medicine) callus
- (botany) verruca
- (figurative) vice, defect
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Middle English
Alternative forms
- lith, lythe, lithe, lyþ, liþ, liþe, liþthe, liyþe, litht, leth, lethe
Etymology 1
From Old English liþ (“limb, member, joint, point”).
Noun
lyth (plural lythes)
- A point in the body where bones meet; a joint.
- A limb.
- (by extension) A part of something.
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
lyth
- Alternative form of light