lėtas

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See also: letas

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lēˀtas, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁-tos, from the root Proto-Indo-European *leh₁- (slow). Cognate with Latvian lēts (inexpensive; (archaic) light, easy)[1] and probably Proto-Slavic *lěto (summer) (presumably, originally “mild, calm weather”).[2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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lėtas m (feminine lėta) [3]

  1. slow
  2. calm, gentle

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lėtas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 281
  2. ^ lėtas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  3. ^ lėtas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024