лета

See also: летя and Appendix:Variations of "leta"

Belarusian

Alternative forms

leta — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Belarusian лѣ́то (lě́to), from Old East Slavic лѣто (lěto), from Proto-Slavic *lě̀to. Cognate with Russian ле́то (léto), ле́та (léta) and Ukrainian лі́то (líto).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlʲeta]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -eta
Hyphenation: ле‧та

Noun

ле́та • (ljéta) n inan (genitive ле́та, nominative plural ле́ты, genitive plural ле́таў)

summer (the warmest time of the year between spring and autumn)
Летам вельмі горача. ― Ljetam vjelʹmi hórača. ― It's very hot in the summer.
(colloquial, usually in the plural) years
Мінула юнацтва, ідуць мае ў сталасці леты.
Minula junactva, iducʹ maje w stalasci ljety.
Youth has passed, my mature years are coming.

Declension

Declension of ле́та (inan hard neut-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ле́та ljéta	ле́ты ljéty
genitive	ле́та ljéta	ле́таў ljétaw
dative	ле́ту ljétu	ле́там ljétam
accusative	ле́та ljéta	ле́ты ljéty
instrumental	ле́там ljétam	ле́тамі ljétami
locative	ле́це ljécje	ле́тах ljétax
count form	—	ле́ты¹ ljéty¹

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Derived terms

adjectives

ле́тні (ljétni)

adverbs

уле́тку (uljétku)

References

“лета”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
“лета” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *letěti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlɛta]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɛta

Verb

лета • (leta) third-singular present, impf (perfective летне or одлета)

(intransitive) to fly
(intransitive) to go by fast

Conjugation

Conjugation of *лета* (imperfective, present in -а)
l-participles	imperfect	aorist	non-finite forms
masculine	летал (letal)	—	adjectival participle	—
feminine	летала (letala)	—	adverbial participle	летајќи (letajḱi)
neuter	летало (letalo)	—	verbal noun	летање (letanje)
plural	летале (letale)	—	perfect participle	летано (letano)

finite forms	present	imperfect	aorist	imperative
1st singular	летам (letam)	летав (letav)	—	—
2nd singular	леташ (letaš)	леташе (letaše)	—	летај (letaj)
3rd singular	лета (leta)	леташе (letaše)	—	—
1st plural	летаме (letame)	летавме (letavme)	—	—
2nd plural	летате (letate)	летавте (letavte)	—	летајте (letajte)
3rd plural	летаат (letaat)	летаа (letaa)	—	—

compound tenses
perfect	сум летал (sum letal)		present of сум (except in the 3^rd person) + imperfect l-participle
има-perfect	имам летано (imam letano)		present of има + perfect participle
pluperfect	бев летал (bev letal)		imperfect of сум + imperfect l-participle
има-pluperfect	имав летано (imav letano)		imperfect of има + perfect participle
има-perfect reported	сум имал летано (sum imal letano)		perfect of има + perfect participle
future	ќе летам (ḱe letam)		ќе + present
има-future	ќе имам летано (ḱe imam letano)		future of има + perfect participle
future in the past	ќе летав (ḱe letav)		ќе + imperfect
има-future in the past	ќе имав летано (ḱe imav letano)		future in the past of има + perfect participle
future reported	ќе сум летал (ḱe sum letal)		ќе + imperfect l-participle
има-future reported	ќе сум имал летано (ḱe sum imal letano)		future reported of има + perfect participle
conditional	би летал (bi letal)		би + imperfect l-participle
има-conditional	би имал летано (bi imal letano)		conditional of има + perfect participle

Russian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [lʲɪˈta]

Noun

лета́ • (letá) m inan pl

nominative/accusative plural of год (god)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

ле́та: IPA^(key): [ˈlʲetə]
лета́: IPA^(key): [lʲɪˈta]

Noun

ле́та • (léta) n inan

genitive singular of ле́то (léto)

Noun

лета́ • (letá) n inan pl

nominative/accusative plural of ле́то (léto)