cleta

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin clēta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkleta/
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: cle‧ta

Noun

cleta f

1. a type of fence

References

• “valla”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Latin

Alternative forms

• clēda, clita, clida, cleida, cleia, clata, clada, claia, claa, cloisa, cloea

Etymology

Borrowed from the Gaulish descendant of Proto-Celtic *klētā.

Noun

clēta f (genitive clētae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. hurdle (type of fence)
   • 7th c. AD, Lex Ripuaria 77:

     Si quis hominem... interficerit... in clita eum levare debet...

     If someone kills a man... he must raise [his body] on a hurdle...

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	clēta	clētae
Genitive	clētae	clētārum
Dative	clētae	clētīs
Accusative	clētam	clētās
Ablative	clētā	clētīs
Vocative	clēta	clētae

Descendants

• Gallo-Italic:
  • Piedmontese: ceia
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: cleda
  • Franco-Provençal: cllèya
  • Old French: cloie
    • French: claie
  • Occitan: cleda
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: cleta
  • Galician: cheda
  • Portuguese: cheda

References

• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “cleta”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 191