leat

English

Alternative forms

• leet

Etymology

Probably from Middle English lete (“a meeting or intersection of roads; junction; crossroads; conduit”), from Old English ġelǣte (“a going out, ending, meeting”), as in Old English wæterġelǣt (“watercourse, aquaduct”), from Proto-Germanic *lētą, *galētą (“a letting, a letting out”). Cognate with Old High German gilāz (“outlet, exit, end, road junction”), German Gelaß (“back room, recess, private chamber”). Related to English let.

Noun

leat (plural leats)

1. An artificial watercourse, canal, or aqueduct, but especially a millrace.

Derived terms

• leatwright
• mill-leat

 

Translations

artificial watercourse, canal or aqueduct

• Bulgarian: воденичен улей m (vodeničen ulej)
• Portuguese: levada (pt) f

Anagrams

• teal, tael, et. al, atel-, LATE, late, TEAl, Elta, et al., TEAL, et al, Teal, tela, EATL, ETLA, tale

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʲat̪ˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /lʲæt̪ˠ/

Pronoun

leat (emphatic leatsa)

1. second-person singular of le: with you sg, to you sg

Northern Sami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Samic *leatēk (“to be”), from Proto-Uralic *le- (“to become”).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈlea̯h(t)/

Verb

leat

1. to be
2. (possessor in locative case) to have, to possess
3. (auxiliary) Forms the perfect tense, together with a past participle.

Usage notes

In the meaning "have", the thing possessed is in the nominative case, while the possessor is in the locative case.

Inflection

Odd, no gradation, irregular
infinitive	leat leahkit
1st sing. present	lean
1st sing. past	ledjen
infinitive	leat leahkit	action noun	leapmi
present participle	leahkki	action inessive	leamen leame leahkime
past participle	leamaš	action elative	leames
agent participle	—	action comitative	—
		abessive	—
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	lean	ledjen	lēhkon
2nd singular	leat	ledjet	leagẹ
3rd singular	lea	lei leai	lēhkos
1st dual	letne	leimme	leadnu leahkku
2nd dual	leahppi	leidde	leahkki
3rd dual	leaba	leigga leaigga	lēhkoska
1st plural	leat	leimmet	lēhkot leatnot
2nd plural	lēhpet	leiddet	lēhket
3rd plural	leat	ledje	lēhkoset
connegative	leat	lean	leagẹ
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	livččen	—	leaččan
2nd singular	livččet	—	leaččat
3rd singular	livččii	—	leš leaš leažžá
1st dual	livččiime	—	ležže
2nd dual	livččiide	—	leažžabeahtti
3rd dual	livččiiga	—	leažžaba
1st plural	livččiimet	—	leažžat
2nd plural	livččiidet	—	leažžabehtet
3rd plural	livčče	—	ležžet
connegative	livčče	—	leš leaš leačča

Alternative forms

• leahkit

Derived terms

• leahkin
• doppe leat
• leat lohpi

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læ͜ɑːt/

Verb

lēat

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of lūtan

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic лѣто (lěto), from Proto-Slavic *lěto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [le̯at]

Noun

leat n (plural leaturi)

1. (dated) year
2. (figurative) being of the same age
3. (dated) recruit

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	leat	leatul		leaturi	leaturile
genitive-dative	leat	leatului		leaturi	leaturilor
vocative	leatule			leaturilor

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lat. Cognates include Irish leat and Manx lhiat.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /leʰt̪/, [le̞ʰt̪]
• (Uist, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /lɛht̪/
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [læht̪]
• Hyphenation: leat

Pronoun

leat

1. second-person singular of le: with you; by you

Inflection

Personal inflection of le

	Person:		simple	emphatic
singular	first		leam	leamsa
	second		leat	leatsa
	third	m	leis	leis-san
		f	leatha	leathase
plural	first		leinn	leinne
	second		leibh	leibhse
	third		leotha	leothasan

Further reading

• Colin Mark (2003) The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 382

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

leat c (plural leaten, diminutive leatsje)

1. plant shoot

Further reading

• “leat”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011