лят

Bulgarian

Etymology

Fossilized perfective participle of Proto-Slavic *liti (“to flow, to shed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲa̟t]

Adjective

лят • (ljat)

1. poured, shed

   Synonym: тучен (tučen)

2. cast (for metals)

   ля́то желя́зо ― ljáto željázo ― cast iron

   ля́та стома́на ― ljáta stomána ― cast steel

Declension

Declension of лят (no comparative)

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	лят ljat	ля́та ljáta	ля́то ljáto	ля́ти ljáti
definite (subject form)	ля́тият ljátijat	ля́тата ljátata	ля́тото ljátoto	ля́тите ljátite
definite (object form)	ля́тия ljátija

Derived terms

• изля́т (izlját, “cast, molten”)
• заля́т (zalját, “flooded”)
• наля́т (nalját, “poured”)
• слят (sljat, “fused”)

Related terms

• ле́я (léja, “to flow, to shed”)
• *лив (*liv) (obsolete)
  • за́лив (záliv, “bay, gulf”)
  • о́тлив (ótliv, “low tide”)
    • отли́вка (otlívka, “casting, mold”)
  • про́лив (próliv, “strait”)

References

• “лят”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014