leito

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese cama, from Latin lectus. Cognate with Portuguese leito and Spanish lecho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlejto̝/

Noun

leito m (plural leitos)

1. couch, bed

   Synonym: cama

2. (archaic) stretcher
3. riverbed
4. platform of a cart
5. (masonry) bed (lower surface of an ashlar, brick, etc)

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “leyto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “leito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin lectus, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlej.to/

Noun

leito m (plural leitos)

1. bed
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 323 (facsimile):

     nẽ niun dano fezeran nẽ eno leito nẽ na meſa nẽ no ſcan^o

     they did no damage to the bed, to the table or to the bench.

Synonyms

• cama

Descendants

• Galician: leito
• Portuguese: leito

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese leito, from Latin lectus, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Cognate of Spanish lecho, Italian letto and French lit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɐj.tu/, /ˈlej.tu/
• IPA^(key): /ˈlej.tu/
• Hyphenation: lei‧to
• Rhymes: -ejtu

Noun

leito m (plural leitos)

1. (poetic or archaic) bed

   Synonym: cama

2. riverbed

   O rio subiu e saiu do leito.

   The river flooded over the riverbed.

Synonyms

• (bed): cama
• (riverbed): álveo

Related terms

• liteira