leat

English

Alternative forms

• leet

Etymology

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.

Noun

leat (plural leats)

1. An artificial watercourse, canal, or aqueduct, but especially a millrace.

Derived terms

• leatwright

Translations

artificial watercourse, canal or aqueduct

• Bulgarian: воденичен улей m (vodeničen ulej)
• Portuguese: levada (pt) f

Anagrams

• EATL, ETLA, Elta, LATE, TEAL, TEAl, Teal, et al, et al., late, tael, tale, teal, tela

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʲat̪ˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /lʲæt̪ˠ/

Pronoun

leat (emphatic leatsa)

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

References

• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 308

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈlea̯h(t)/

Verb

leat

1. to be
2. (possessor in locative case) to have, to possess
3. (auxiliary) Forms the perfect tense, together with a past participle.

Usage notes

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

Inflection

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

Alternative forms

• leahkit

Derived terms

• leahkin
• doppe leat
• leat lohpi

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

leat n (plural leaturi)

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

Declension

Declension of leat

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) leat	leatul	(niște) leaturi	leaturile
genitive/dative	(unui) leat	leatului	(unor) leaturi	leaturilor
vocative	leatule		leaturilor

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛʰt̪/, /laʰt̪/
• Hyphenation: leat

Pronoun

leat

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

Inflection

Personal inflection of le
Number	Person	Simple	Emphatic
Singular	1st	leam	leamsa
	2nd	leat	leatsa
	3rd m	leis	leis-san
	3rd f	leatha	leathase
Plural	1st	leinn	leinne
	2nd	leibh	leibhse
	3rd	leotha	leothasan

References

• Colin Mark (2003) The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 382

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

leat c (plural leaten, diminutive leatsje)

1. plant shoot

Further reading

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