lait

See also: läit

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English lait, layt, leit, leyt, from Old English līġet, līġetu, līeġet (“lightning, flash of lightning”), from Proto-Germanic *laugiþō (“lightning”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“to shine”). Related to Old English līeġ (“fire, flame, lightning”). Compare also Old High German laugazan, lōhazan (“to be red, shine, sparkle”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lauhatjan, “to lighten”). More at lowe, light.

Noun

lait (plural laits)

  1. (obsolete) Lightning; flash of lightning; a flash.

Etymology 2

From Middle English laiten, leiten, from Old Norse leita (“to seek, search, inquire”), from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną (“to look out, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate with Icelandic leita (“to search”), Swedish leta (“to search, hunt, forage”), Old English wlātian (“to gaze, observe, look upon, behold”).

Alternative forms

Verb

lait (third-person singular simple present laits, present participle laiting, simple past and past participle laited)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, Britain dialectal, obsolete) To seek; search for; inquire.
    • 1862, Song of Solomon, in Twenty-four English Dialects, page 282 (Westmorland dialect):
      By neeght, o' my bed, I laited him, at my sowl luvs : I laited him, but I dudn't find um.
    • 1877, John Frances, quoting a girl from the moorlands of Yorkshire, Notes and queries , page 10:
      The other day I heard a girl hailing from the moorlands of Yorkshire remark that she had "laited a long time for the children, but could not find them," evidently meaning she had sought for them. Is this word common to Yorkshire?
Derived terms

Anagrams

Cimbrian

Noun

lait f (plural [please provide])

  1. slope

References

  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Finnish

Noun

lait

  1. Nominative plural form of laki.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Old French lait, from Latin lactem, singular accusative of lac, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts. Compare Catalan llet, Friulian lat, Italian latte, Portuguese leite, Romanian lapte, Spanish leche, Walloon laecea.

Pronunciation

Noun

lait m (plural laits)

  1. milk

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Norman

Etymology

From Old French lait, from Latin lac, lactem, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts (“milk”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

lait m (plural laits)

  1. milk

Derived terms

Occitan

Noun

lait m (plural laits)

  1. Alternative form of lach

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Latin lactem, accusative singular of lac.

Noun

lait m (oblique plural laiz or laitz, nominative singular laiz or laitz, nominative plural lait)

  1. milk (white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals)
Descendants

Etymology 2

Thought to be of Germanic origin; see Modern French laid.

Adjective

lait m (oblique and nominative feminine singular laide)

  1. ugly
  2. horrific; awful; terrible
Declension
Descendants

Noun

lait m (nominative singular laiz or laitz)

  1. ugliness

Etymology 3

See laire

Verb

lait

  1. third-person singular present indicative of laire

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin lac, lactem (“milk”).

Noun

lait m

  1. milk

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English light.

Noun

lait

  1. light
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:3 (translation here):
      Na God i tok olsem, “Lait i mas kamap.” Orait lait i kamap.

Adjective

lait

  1. bright
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 3:24 (translation here):
      God i rausim pinis man na meri, na em i makim ol strongpela ensel bilong sanap na was i stap long hap sankamap bilong gaden Iden. Na tu em i putim wanpela bainat i gat paia i lait long en na i save tanim tanim long olgeta hap. Oltaim ol dispela ensel wantaim dispela bainat i save was i stap, nogut wanpela man i go klostu long dispela diwai bilong givim laip.
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