leat

English

Noun

leat (plural leats)

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

leat (emphatic leatsa)

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

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

  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 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

  1. with you, by you (informal singular)

Derived terms

See also


West Frisian

Noun

leat c

  1. shoot
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