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See also: let's, Lets, LETS, and lēts

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɛts/
Rhymes: -ɛts

Noun

lets

plural of let

Verb

lets

third-person singular simple present indicative of let
Misspelling of let's.

Anagrams

ELTs, LTEs, SELT, TESL, elts, lest, tels

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European [Term?]. Compare Lithuanian lietùs, Latvian liêtus, however Old Prussian aglo (“rain”), suge.^[1]^[2]

Noun

letſ

(weather) rain
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 20, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
  deszcz — letſ
  deszcz — rain

References

^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 75: “letſ ‘lietus, l. deszcz’ 20.”
^ “lietùs” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. sm. letſ Regen”.

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