lyth
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Diminutive in -th of lyer (“bedaubed, stained”), participle of lyej (“to daub, smear”).[1] Similar formation in synonym lyrdhëz, from lyr (“to make greasy, oily; stain, make dirty”).
Noun
lyth m (plural lytha, definite lythi, definite plural lythat)
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References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lyth”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 237
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Old English liþ (“limb, member, joint, point”).
Noun
lyth (plural lythes)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
lyth
- Alternative form of light