lajt

Hungarian

Etymology

From Bavarian lait (“tank for carrying live fish”), from German leiten (“to lead, conduct”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɒjt]
• Hyphenation: lajt
• Rhymes: -ɒjt

Noun

lajt (plural lajtok)

1. (dated) tank (a large cask or vat mounted on wheels, on a cart, or a truck; used to carry water, live fish, wine, must, or silage effluent)
2. (dated, attributively) tankful (as much as this tank can hold)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	lajt	lajtok
accusative	lajtot	lajtokat
dative	lajtnak	lajtoknak
instrumental	lajttal	lajtokkal
causal-final	lajtért	lajtokért
translative	lajttá	lajtokká
terminative	lajtig	lajtokig
essive-formal	lajtként	lajtokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	lajtban	lajtokban
superessive	lajton	lajtokon
adessive	lajtnál	lajtoknál
illative	lajtba	lajtokba
sublative	lajtra	lajtokra
allative	lajthoz	lajtokhoz
elative	lajtból	lajtokból
delative	lajtról	lajtokról
ablative	lajttól	lajtoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	lajté	lajtoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	lajtéi	lajtokéi

Possessive forms of lajt

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	lajtom	lajtjaim
2nd person sing.	lajtod	lajtjaid
3rd person sing.	lajtja	lajtjai
1st person plural	lajtunk	lajtjaink
2nd person plural	lajtotok	lajtjaitok
3rd person plural	lajtjuk	lajtjaik

Derived terms

• lajtos kocsi (“water cart”) (the term is mostly used today in this phrase)

Further reading

• lajt in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English light, lite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlajt/
• Rhymes: -ajt
• Syllabification: lajt

Adverb

lajt (not comparable)

1. (slang) easily (without difficulty)

   Synonym: na lajcie

Particle

lajt

1. (slang) no problem, without any problems