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Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]litera f
- (higher register) letter (letter of the alphabet)
- Synonym: písmeno
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- litera in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- litera in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈliː.te.ra/, [ˈlʲiːt̪ɛrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.te.ra/, [ˈliːt̪erä]
Noun
[edit]lītera f (genitive līterae); first declension
- Alternative form of littera
- 1833, Joannis Schulek, Grammatica latina, Szakolczae, page 5:
- Latini habent literas viginti quinque: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, ſ, (s), t, u, v, x, y, z.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lītera | līterae |
| Genitive | līterae | līterārum |
| Dative | līterae | līterīs |
| Accusative | līteram | līterās |
| Ablative | līterā | līterīs |
| Vocative | lītera | līterae |
References
[edit]- “litera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “litera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- litera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- litera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]litera f (4th declension)
- synonym of burtstabiņš
Declension
[edit]Declension of litera (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | litera | literas |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | literu | literas |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | literas | literu |
| dative (datīvs) | literai | literām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | literu | literām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | literā | literās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | litera | literas |
Malagasy
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]litera
- letter (of the alphabet)
Polish
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin littera.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]litera f (diminutive literka)
- letter (letter of the alphabet)
Declension
[edit]Declension of litera
Derived terms
[edit]nouns
verbs
- literować impf
verbs
- składać litery impf
Related terms
[edit]adjectives
adverbs
nouns
Further reading
[edit]- litera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- litera in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]a litera (third-person singular present literează, past participle literat) 1st conj.
- to letter
Conjugation
[edit] conjugation of litera (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
| infinitive | a litera | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | literând | ||||||
| past participle | literat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | literez | literezi | literează | literăm | literați | literează | |
| imperfect | literam | literai | litera | literam | literați | literau | |
| simple perfect | literai | literași | literă | literarăm | literarăți | literară | |
| pluperfect | literasem | literaseși | literase | literaserăm | literaserăți | literaseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să literez | să literezi | să litereze | să literăm | să literați | să litereze | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | literează | literați | |||||
| negative | nu litera | nu literați | |||||
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]litera
Spanish
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Catalan llitera, from Late Latin lectuāria, from Latin lectus (“bed”). First attested in 1600.[1] A native Castilian outcome, for comparison, may have been *lechera.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]litera f (plural literas)
References
[edit]- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “lecho”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 617
Further reading
[edit]- “litera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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