lietus

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Latvian

 lietus on Latvian Wikipedia
Lietus
Lietus

Etymology

From the same stem as Latvian liet (“to pour”) and līt (“to flow, to stream, to rain”) (q.v.), made into a masculine third declension noun (with ending -us);[1] from Proto-Balto-Slavic *l(e/o)ʔi-,[2] ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ley- (“to flow, pour, stream; to glide, slip, be slippery”). Cognates include Lithuanian lietùs (“rain”), lytùs, líeti (“to pour”), laĩvas (“ship”), and likely the names of Latvia[3] and Lithuania[4]. More distantly related are Old Church Slavonic лити (liti, “to pour”) (< Proto-Slavic *lìti), Albanian lisë (“I pour”), Proto-Germanic *līþu (“cider ~ liquor”), Ancient Greek ἄλεισον (áleison, “wine container”) and (perhaps) λάταξ (látax, “drop”), Old Irish laith (“liquid; ale, liquor”) (< Proto-Celtic *lati-), and Latin litus (“shore, beach”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

lietus m (3rd declension)

  1. rain, shower; rainwater
    pavasara lietus ― spring rain, shower
    garie rudens lietus ― long autumn rain
    spēcīgs lietus ― heavy rain
    īslaicīgs lietus ― short-term rain
    lietus bungo pa jumtu ― the rain is drumming on the roof
    lietus līst ― it (lit. rain) is raining
    lietus līņā, smidzina ― it (lit. rain) is drizzling
    lietus ūdens ― rainwater
    lietus lāses ― raindrops
    lietus pil no jumta ― the rain(water) is dripping from the roof
    lietus mākoņi ― rain clouds
    lietus mētelis, lietusmētelis ― rain coat
    caur pelēcīgo lietus plīvuru parādās kravas automobilis ― through the grayish veil of rain a truck (lit. cargo automobile) appeared
    viņi bija lietū ieecējuši auzas ― they had began to harrow the oats in the rain (= while it was raining)
  2. (in the plural) rains, rainy period
    pēc lielajiem lietiem sākās labības pļauja ― after the big rains began the cereal harvest
  3. (figuratively) rain (a rain-like group of small moving objects; a large number of similar things)
    zvaigžņu lietus ― star rain (= meteor shower)
    dzirksteļu lietus ― spark rain (= many sparks)
    ložu lietus ― bullet rain (e.g., from a machine gun)
    priedēs iespurdz vējš, un uz ceļa nolīst ziedputekšņu lietus ― the wind began to flutter in the pine trees, and a rain of pollen fell (lit. rained) on the road

Declension

Declension of lietus (3rd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) lietus lieti
accusative (akuzatīvs) lietu lietus
genitive (ģenitīvs) lietus lietu
dative (datīvs) lietum lietiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) lietu lietiem
locative (lokatīvs) lietū lietos
vocative (vokatīvs) lietus lieti

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “lietus”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  3. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “latvietis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎[2] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
  4. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “lietuvieši”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎[3] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Lithuanian

Lithuanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lt
Lietus

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *leitus, from Proto-Indo-European *ley-, *lī- (“to pour, to flow, to drip”).[1][2][3]

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Noun

lietùs m (plural líetūs) stress pattern 3

  1. rain
Declension
Declension of lietùs
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) lietùs líetūs
genitive (kilmininkas) lietaũs lietų̃
dative (naudininkas) líetui lietùms
accusative (galininkas) líetų líetus
instrumental (įnagininkas) lietumì lietumìs
locative (vietininkas) lietujè lietuosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) lietaũ líetūs

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

Noun

líetus m pl

  1. accusative plural of lietus

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lietus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 285
  2. ^ “lietùs” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 672 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  3. ^ “lietus”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė, 2007–2012

Further reading

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