lyth
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Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Diminutive in -th of lyer (“bedaubed, stained”), participle of lyej (“to daub, smear”).[1] Similar formation in synonym lyrdhëz, from lyr (“to make greasy, oily; stain, make dirty”).
Noun[edit]
lyth m (plural lytha, definite lythi, definite plural lythat)
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References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lyth”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 237
Middle English[edit]
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Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English liþ (“limb, member, joint, point”).
Noun[edit]
lyth (plural lythes)
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Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
lyth
- Alternative form of light