лето

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See also: љето

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěto (“summer”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁tom.

Pronunciation

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Noun

лето • (leto) n (plural лета, relational adjective летен)

  1. summer, summertime
  2. (archaic) year

Declension

Declension of лето
singular plural
indefinite лето лета
definite unspecified летото летата
definite proximal летово летава
definite distal летоно летана
vocative лето лета

Coordinate terms

Seasons in Macedonian · годишни времиња (godišni vreminja) (layout · text) · category
пролет (prolet, “spring”) лето (leto, “summer”) есен (esen, “autumn”) зима (zima, “winter”)

Derived terms

References

  • “лето” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic лѣто (lěto), from Proto-Slavic *lěto (“year”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ле́то • (léto) n inan (genitive ле́та, nominative plural лета́, genitive plural лет, relational adjective ле́тний or ле́тный)

  1. summer
    ле́том ― létom ― in summer; in the summer
    на ле́то ― na léto ― for the summer
    про́шлое ле́то ― próšloje léto ― last summer
  2. pl: years, age, summers
    пять лет тому́ наза́д ― pjatʹ let tomú nazád ― five years ago
    Он в лета́х ― On v letáx ― He is elderly.
    Ско́лько вам лет? ― Skólʹko vam let? ― How old are you?

Declension

Declension of ле́то (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-c) 
singular plural
nominative ле́то
léto 		лета́
letá
genitive ле́та
léta 		ле́т
lét
dative ле́ту
létu 		лета́м
letám
accusative ле́то
léto 		лета́
letá
instrumental ле́том
létom 		лета́ми
letámi
prepositional ле́те
léte 		лета́х
letáx

Derived terms

See also

Seasons in Russian · время года (vremja goda) (layout · text) · category
весна́ (vesná, “spring”) ле́то (léto, “summer”) о́сень (ósenʹ, “autumn”) зима́ (zimá, “winter”)

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лето”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěto (“year”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lêto/
  • Hyphenation: ле‧то

Noun

ле̏то n (Latin spelling lȅto)

  1. summer, summertime
  2. (archaic) year

Declension

Declension of лето
singular plural
nominative ле̏то лета
genitive лета ле̑та̄
dative лету летима
accusative лето лета
vocative лето лета
locative лету летима
instrumental летом летима

Derived terms

  • ле̏ти (lȅti, “in (the) summer, during the summer”)

See also

Seasons in Serbo-Croatian · godišnja doba / годишња доба (layout · text) · category
spring:
proleće, proljeće
пролеће, прољеће 		summer:
leto, ljeto
лето, љето 		autumn:
jesen
јесен 		winter:
zima
зима
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