лѣто

Bulgarian

Noun

лѣто • (lěto) n

1. (obsolete) Pre-1945 spelling of лято (ljato).

Declension

Declension of лѣто

	singular	plural
indefinite	лѣто lěto	лѣта lěta
definite	лѣто́то lětóto	лѣта́та lětáta

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Old Church Slavonic

полѥ въ лѣто

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěto (“year”).

Noun

лѣто • (lěto) n

1. summer
2. year
   • from Vita Constantini, 0600400:

     бѣ же тъгда философь к҃ и д҃ лѣтомь.

     bě že tŭgda filosofĭ k: i d: lětomĭ.

     At that time the Philosopher was 24 years of age.

Declension

Declension of лѣто (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	лѣт{{{2}}}о lět{{{2}}}o	лѣт{{{2}}}ѣ lět{{{2}}}ě	лѣт{{{2}}}а lět{{{2}}}a
genitive	лѣт{{{2}}}а lět{{{2}}}a	лѣт{{{2}}}оу lět{{{2}}}u	лѣт{{{2}}}ъ lět{{{2}}}ŭ
dative	лѣт{{{2}}}оу lět{{{2}}}u	лѣт{{{2}}}ома lět{{{2}}}oma	лѣт{{{2}}}омъ lět{{{2}}}omŭ
accusative	лѣт{{{2}}}о lět{{{2}}}o	лѣт{{{2}}}ѣ lět{{{2}}}ě	лѣт{{{2}}}а lět{{{2}}}a
instrumental	лѣт{{{2}}}омъ lět{{{2}}}omŭ	лѣт{{{2}}}ома lět{{{2}}}oma	лѣт{{{2}}}ꙑ lět{{{2}}}y
locative	лѣт{{{2}}}ѣ lět{{{2}}}ě	лѣт{{{2}}}оу lět{{{2}}}u	лѣт{{{2}}}ѣхъ lět{{{2}}}ěxŭ
vocative	лѣт{{{2}}}о lět{{{2}}}o	лѣт{{{2}}}ѣ lět{{{2}}}ě	лѣт{{{2}}}а lět{{{2}}}a

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʲeːtɔ/
• Hyphenation: лѣ‧то

Noun

лѣто (lěto) n

1. time
2. year
   • 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex‎^[1], page 1:

     Се повѣсти времѧньнꙑ^х лѣ^т.

     Se pověsti vremęnĭny^x lě^t.

     This is the tale of bygone years.

3. summer

Declension

Declension of лѣто (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	лѣто lěto	лѣтѣ lětě	лѣта lěta
Genitive	лѣта lěta	лѣту lětu	лѣтъ lětŭ
Dative	лѣту lětu	лѣтома lětoma	лѣтомъ lětomŭ
Accusative	лѣто lěto	лѣтѣ lětě	лѣта lěta
Instrumental	лѣтъмь lětŭmĭ	лѣтома lětoma	лѣтꙑ lěty
Locative	лѣтѣ lětě	лѣту lětu	лѣтѣхъ lětěxŭ
Vocative	лѣто lěto	лѣтѣ lětě	лѣта lěta

Descendants

• Belarusian: ле́та (ljéta)
• Russian: ле́то (léto)
• Carpathian Rusyn: лї́то (ljíto)
• Ukrainian: лі́то (líto)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “лѣто”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 77

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Russian

Noun

лѣ́то • (lě́to) n inan (genitive лѣ́та, nominative plural лѣта́, genitive plural лѣтъ)

1. Pre-1918 spelling of ле́то (léto).

Declension

Pre-reform declension of лѣ́то (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-c) 

	singular	plural
nominative	лѣ́то lě́to	лѣта́ lětá
genitive	лѣ́та lě́ta	лѣ́тъ lě́t
dative	лѣ́ту lě́tu	лѣта́мъ lětám
accusative	лѣ́то lě́to	лѣта́ lětá
instrumental	лѣ́томъ lě́tom	лѣта́ми lětámi
prepositional	лѣ́тѣ lě́tě	лѣта́хъ lětáx