leat
English
Noun
leat (plural leats)
- an artificial watercourse, canal or aqueduct, but especially a millrace
Translations
Anagrams
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lʲat̪ˠ/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /lʲæt̪ˠ/
Pronoun
leat (emphatic leatsa)
References
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. I, p. 196.
- Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 308.
Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *leatēk.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈlea̯h(t)/
Verb
leat
- to be
- (possessor in locative case) to have, to possess
- (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 | leage |
| 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 | leage |
| 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
Further reading
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Pronoun
leat
Derived terms
See also
West Frisian
Noun
leat c
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