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leat

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English

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Etymology

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Probably from Middle English lete (“a meeting or intersection of roads; junction; crossroads; conduit”), from Old English ġelǣte (“a going out, ending, meeting”), as in Old English wæterġelǣt (“watercourse, aquaduct”), from Proto-Germanic *lētą, *galētą (“a letting, a letting out”). Cognate with Old High German gilāz (“outlet, exit, end, road junction”), German Gelaß (“back room, recess, private chamber”). Related to English let.

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Noun

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leat (plural leats)

  1. An artificial watercourse, canal, or aqueduct, but especially a millrace.
    • 1927, Henry William Williamson, Tarka the Otter, Chapter 19:
      His paws rested on a sunken branch. The water moved down, clouded with the mud-stirrings of the leat. He lay so still that the trout returned to their stances beside the stone sterlings.

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Breton

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Etymology

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From Old Breton leat (in the Catholicon), from Proto-Celtic *ligeti, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ-. Compare Welsh llyfu, Old Irish ligid.

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leat

  1. (transitive) to lick

Conjugation

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Conjugation of leat
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
indicative present lean leez le leomp leit leont leer
preterite leis lejout leas lejomp lejoc'h lejont lejod
imperfect leen lees lee leemp leec'h leent leed
future lein lei leo leimp leot leint leor
subjunctive present lefen lefes lefe lefemp lefec'h lefent lefed
imperfect lejen lejes leje lejemp lejec'h lejent lejed
imperative — le leet leomp leit leent —
non-finite forms present participle past participle
o leat leet (auxiliary verb: kaout)

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Irish

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Pronoun

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leat (emphatic leatsa)

  1. second-person singular of le: with you sg, to you sg

References

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  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Erster Band: Grammatik [First volume: Grammar], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977), Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 308, page 143

Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Samic *leatēk (“to be”), from Proto-Uralic *le- (“to become”).

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈlea̯h(t)/

Verb

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leat

  1. to be
    Mun lean 15 jagi boaris.
    I am 15 years old.
  2. (possessor in locative case) to have, to possess
    Mus lea beana.
    I have a dog.
  3. (auxiliary) Forms the perfect tense, together with a past participle.
    Sii ledje oađđán guhká.
    They had slept a long time.

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In the meaning "have", the thing possessed is in the nominative case, while the possessor is in the locative case.

Inflection

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Odd, no gradation, irregular
infinitive leat
leahkit
1st sing. present lean
1st sing. past ledjen
infinitive leat
leahkit 		action noun leapmi
present participle leahkki action inessive leamen
leame
leahkime
past participle leamaš action elative leames
agent participle — action comitative —
abessive —
present indicative past indicative imperative
1st singular lean ledjen lēhkon
2nd singular leat ledjet leagẹ
3rd singular lea lei
leai 		lēhkos
1st dual letne leimme leadnu
leahkku
2nd dual leahppi leidde leahkki
3rd dual leaba leigga
leaigga 		lēhkoska
1st plural leat leimmet lēhkot
leatnot
2nd plural lēhpet leiddet lēhket
3rd plural leat ledje lēhkoset
connegative leat lean leagẹ
conditional 1 conditional 2 potential
1st singular livččen — leaččan
2nd singular livččet — leaččat
3rd singular livččii — leš
leaš
leažžá
1st dual livččiime — ležže
2nd dual livččiide — leažžabeahtti
3rd dual livččiiga — leažžaba
1st plural livččiimet — leažžat
2nd plural livččiidet — leažžabehtet
3rd plural livčče — ležžet
connegative livčče — leš
leaš
leačča

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Further reading

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  • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old English

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lēat

  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of lūtan

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic лѣто (lěto), from Proto-Slavic *lěto.

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Noun

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leat n (plural leaturi)

  1. (dated) year
  2. (figurative) being of the same age
  3. (dated) recruit

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative leat leatul leaturi leaturile
genitive-dative leat leatului leaturi leaturilor
vocative leatule leaturilor

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish lat. Cognates include Irish leat and Manx lhiat.

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Pronoun

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leat

  1. second-person singular of le: with you; by you

Inflection

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Personal inflection of le
Person: simple emphatic
singular first leam leamsa
second leat leatsa
third m leis leis-san
f leatha leathase
plural first leinn leinne
second leibh leibhse
third leotha leothasan

References

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  1. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  2. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  3. ^ Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 182
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 191
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  6. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 106
  7. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  8. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 53

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West Frisian

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Etymology

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Noun

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leat c (plural leaten, diminutive leatsje)

  1. plant shoot

Further reading

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  • “leat”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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