lant

See also: Lant, LANT, lånt, and lanț

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lænt/, /lɑːnt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Etymology 1

Alteration of earlier land (“urine”), from Middle English *land (“urine”), from Old English hland (“urine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hland, from Proto-Germanic *hlandą (“urine”), from Proto-Indo-European *klān- (“liquid, wet ground”). Cognate with Icelandic hland (“urine”), Norwegian Nynorsk land (“urine”).

Noun

lant (uncountable)

1. Aged urine, historically used by the Anglo-Saxons and others as fertilizer for high nitrogen content.

   Synonym: sig

Translations

aged urine

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can

Verb

lant (third-person singular simple present lants, present participle lanting, simple past and past participle lanted)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To flavor (ale) with aged urine.

Translations

to flavor with lant

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

Noun

lant (uncountable)

1. (UK, dialect, Northern England) Obsolete form of lanterloo (the card game).
   • 1834, Sandford Tatham, Alexander Fraser, A Verbatim Report of the Cause Doe Dem. Tatham V. Wright:

     Did Mr. Ellershaw speak to Mr. Marsden, when he was playing at lant with you?

Etymology 3

Compare lance.

Noun

lant (plural lants)

1. Any of several species of slender marine fishes of the genus Ammodytes, including the common European species (Ammodytes tobianus) and the American species (Ammodytes americanus).

Synonyms

• launce
• sand eel
• sand lance

References

• “lant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Nat'l, natl.

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• lånt (Luserna)

Etymology

From Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą. Cognate with German Land, English land.

Noun

lant n (plural lèntar) (Sette Comuni)

1. land
2. country, nation

Declension

Declension of lant – 3rd declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	's	lant	de	lèntar
accusative	an	's	lant	de	lèntar
dative	aname	me	lante	in	lèntarn

References

• “lant” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Dutch

Noun

lant n (plural landen, diminutive lantje n)

1. obsolete spelling of land

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃/

• Audio (France):

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Noun

lant m (plural lants)

1. (zoology) zebu (Bos taurus indicus)

   Synonym: zébu

Further reading

• “lant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Germanic language, possibly via Bavarian. Attested around 1405. Compare Middle High German lute, Early New High German laut, German Laute, from Old French leüt, from Arabic اَلْعُود (al-ʕūd, “wood, lute”, literally “the wood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɒnt]
• Hyphenation: lant

Noun

lant (plural lantok)

1. (music) lute

   Synonyms: koboz, líra

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	lant	lantok
accusative	lantot	lantokat
dative	lantnak	lantoknak
instrumental	lanttal	lantokkal
causal-final	lantért	lantokért
translative	lanttá	lantokká
terminative	lantig	lantokig
essive-formal	lantként	lantokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	lantban	lantokban
superessive	lanton	lantokon
adessive	lantnál	lantoknál
illative	lantba	lantokba
sublative	lantra	lantokra
allative	lanthoz	lantokhoz
elative	lantból	lantokból
delative	lantról	lantokról
ablative	lanttól	lantoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	lanté	lantoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	lantéi	lantokéi

Possessive forms of lant

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	lantom	lantjaim
2nd person sing.	lantod	lantjaid
3rd person sing.	lantja	lantjai
1st person plural	lantunk	lantjaink
2nd person plural	lantotok	lantjaitok
3rd person plural	lantjuk	lantjaik

Derived terms

• lantos

Compound words

• forgólant
• tekerőlant

Expressions

• leteszi a lantot

Further reading

• lant in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch lant.

Noun

lant n

1. (dry) land
2. (piece of) land
3. country, region
4. ground, earth

Inflection

Strong neuter noun

	singular	plural
nominative	lant	lant, lande
accusative	lant	lant, lande
genitive	lants	lande
dative	lande	landen

Descendants

• Dutch: land, (obsolete) landt, lant
  • Afrikaans: land
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: alanda, landi
  • Negerhollands: land, lant, lan
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: land, lantta
  • → Sranan Tongo: lanti (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Javanese: ꦭꦤ꧀ (lan)
• Limburgish: Land, landj, Laïnt (Eupen)
• Zealandic: land

Further reading

• “lant”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “lant”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈlant/

Noun

lant n

1. land

   schœniu lant, rîch unde hêre ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. country

Declension

Declension of lant (strong neuter with null plural)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	lant	diu	lant
genitive	eines	dës	landes	dër	lande
dative	eime	dëm	lande	dën	landen
accusative	ein	daȥ	lant	diu	lant

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Land, Lånd

  Swabian: Lahnd

• Bavarian: Lånd

  Cimbrian: lant, lånt (Luserna)

• Central Franconian: Land, Lannt

  Hunsrik: Land

  Luxembourgish: Land

• German: Land (see there for further descendants)
• Rhine Franconian:

  Palatine German: Lond

  Pennsylvania German: Land, Lond

• Vilamovian: łaond
• Yiddish: לאַנד (land)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “lant”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *land.

Noun

lant n

1. land (as opposed to water)
2. land, terrain
3. territory

Inflection

Declension of lant (neuter a-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	lant	lant
accusative	lant	lant
genitive	landes	lando
dative	lande	landon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: lant
  • Dutch: land, (obsolete) landt, lant
    • Afrikaans: land
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: alanda, landi
    • Negerhollands: land, lant, lan
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: land, lantta
    • → Sranan Tongo: lanti (see there for further descendants)
    • >? Javanese: ꦭꦤ꧀ (lan)
  • Limburgish: Land, landj, Laïnt (Eupen)
  • Zealandic: land

Further reading

• “lant”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *land.

Compare Old Saxon land, Old Frisian land, lond, Old Dutch lant, Old English land, lond, Old Norse land, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lant/

Noun

lant n

1. land
2. country

Declension

Declension of lant (neuter a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	lant	lant
accusative	lant	lant
genitive	lantes	lanto
dative	lante	lantum
instrumental	lantu	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: lant
  • Alemannic German: Land, Lånd

    Swabian: Lahnd

  • Bavarian: Lånd

    Cimbrian: lant, lånt (Luserna)

  • Central Franconian: Land, Lannt

    Hunsrik: Land

    Luxembourgish: Land

  • German: Land (see there for further descendants)
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Palatine German: Lond

    Pennsylvania German: Land, Lond

  • Vilamovian: łaond
  • Yiddish: לאַנד (land)