летась

Belarusian

Etymology

From лета (ljeta) +‎ -сь (-sʹ), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *lětose. Cognate of archaic Russian летось (letosʹ), Polish latoś (“this year”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲetasʲ]

Adverb

ле́тась • (ljétasʹ)

1. last year

   Synonym: у міну́лым го́дзе (u minúlym hódzje)

Derived terms

• леташні (ljetašni, “last-year's”)
• залетась (zaljetasʹ, “two years ago”)
• пазалетась (pazaljetasʹ, “two years ago”)

Related terms

• лета (ljeta, “summer”)
• сёлета (sjóljeta, “this year”)
• налета (naljeta, “next year”)

References

• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1989), “летась”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 5 (ка́яць – ліпя́нка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 292
• “летась”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “летась” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• "летась" in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at Verbum