ljeto

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• lȅto (Ekavian)
• lito (Ikavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěto (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁tom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʎêto/
• Hyphenation: lje‧to

Noun

ljȅto n (Cyrillic spelling ље̏то) (Ijekavian)

1. summer, summertime
2. (literary) year

   Sedam ljeta Tibeta ― Seven Years in Tibet

Declension

Declension of ljeto

	singular	plural
nominative	ljȅto	ljeta
genitive	ljeta	ljȇtā
dative	ljetu	ljetima
accusative	ljeto	ljeta
vocative	ljeto	ljeta
locative	ljetu	ljetima
instrumental	ljetom	ljetima

See also

Seasons in Serbo-Croatian · godišnja doba / годишња доба (layout · text) · category
spring: proleće, proljeće пролеће, прољеће	summer: leto, ljeto лето, љето	autumn: jesen јесен	winter: zima зима

Further reading

• “ljeto”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026