llest

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. Perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *lextus or *lestus, reduced from *lexitus, as an alteration of Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”), participle of legō.[1][2] Alternatively of Germanic origin, possibly from Proto-Germanic *listiz. Compare Spanish listo, Portuguese and Italian lesto.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

llest (feminine llesta, masculine plural llests or llestos, feminine plural llestes)

  1. ready
    Synonym: a punt
  2. clever, smart
    Synonym: espavilat

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References[edit]

  1. ^ “llest” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  2. ^ https://www.diccionari.cat/GDLC/llest#

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