læti

See also: laeti, lati, latí, łati, lăți, Lati, Läti, and låti

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse læti, from Proto-Germanic *lētiją, from the root of láta (“to behave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlai̯ːtɪ/

  Rhymes: -aiːtɪ

Noun

læti n pl (plural only, genitive plural láta)

1. behaviour
2. tumult, hullabaloo
3. noise
4. (poetic) voice

Declension

Declension of læti (pl-only neuter)

	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	læti	lætin
accusative	læti	lætin
dative	látum	látunum
genitive	láta	látanna

Derived terms

• láta öllum illum látum
• látalæti

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

læti n

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of læte

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

læti n pl (dative látum)

1. (collective) noise, cries
2. (collective) manners, voice

Declension

Declension of læti (strong ija-stem, plural only)

neuter	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	læti	lætin
accusative	læti	lætin
dative	látum	látunum
genitive	láta	látanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: læti
• Norwegian Nynorsk: læte

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “læti”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 282; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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