leits

See also: lèits

Latgalian

Leits

Leits

Etymology

From the same stem as Latgalian leit(i) (“to flow, to stream, to rain”) and līt(i) (“to pour”) from Proto-Balto-Slavic *l(e/o)ʔi-, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ley- (“to flow, pour, stream; to glide, slip, be slippery”). Cognates include Latvian lietus (“rain”), Lithuanian lietùs (“rain”), lytùs, li̇́eti (“to pour”). More distantly related are Old Church Slavonic лити (liti, “to pour”) (< Proto-Slavic *lìti), Albanian lisë (“I pour”), Proto-Germanic *līþu (“cider ~ liquor”), Proto-Celtic *liyeti (“to flow”), Ancient Greek ἄλεισον (áleison, “wine container”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲɛ͡i̯t͡s]

Noun

leits m (diminutive leiteņš, leituteņš)

1. rain, shower; rainwater
2. (figuratively) rain (a rain-like group of small moving objects)

Declension

Declension of leits (type 1 noun)

	singular	plural
nominative	leits	leiti
genitive	leita	leitu
dative	leitam	leitim
accusative	leitu	leitus
instrumental	leitu	leitim
locative	leitā	leitūs
vocative	leit	leiti

Derived terms

• leitains
• leitasorgs
• leitovas

Related terms

• leit(i), līt(i)

See also

• auka
• vātra

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑɪ̯ts/

Verb

leits

1. second-person singular present indicative of leiden