different between latvian vs lett

Finnish

Noun

latvian

1. Genitive singular form of latvia.

Anagrams

• talvina, valinta, valitan

English

Verb

lett

1. Archaic form of let
   • 1754, Walter Goodall, An Examination of the Letters, Said to be written by Mary Queen of Scots, to James Earl of Bothwell: Also An Inquiry into the Murder of Kind Henry. Vol. II, Edinburgh, p.323 (The Quenes Majesty to the Lord Wardens of the marches, for assistance of the Erle of Murray):

     We grete you well. Wheras the Erle of Murray, and uther Noblemen and Gentlemen of Scotland, came into this our realme, upon our request, and by our saife conduct for their entry and departure, we lett you know, that we have licensed him, and them all, with their traynes, to returne into Scotland, there to continue in their former estates.

See also

• lettest (second person singular present)
• letteth (third person singular present)

Anagrams

• ETTL, telt

Estonian

Pronunciation

Noun

lett (genitive leti, partitive letti)

1. counter

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• lett in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?t?]
• Rhymes: -?t?

Etymology 1

From the le- stem of lesz (“to become”) +? -tt (third-person singular indicative past-tense personal suffix).

Verb

lett

2. third-person singular indicative past of lesz (“s/he has become, s/he became”)

3. construed with volna: third-person singular conditional past of lesz (“s/he would have become, [if] s/he had become”)

Usage notes

This form also occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

• lett (…) el, el … lett ? ellett ? ellesz
• lett (…) ki, ki … lett ? kilett ? kilesz
• lett (…) meg, meg … lett ? meglett ? meglesz
• lett (…) oda, oda … lett ? odalett ? odalesz

Participle

lett

1. past participle of lesz

Declension

Etymology 2

From the le- suppletive stem of van (“to be”) +? -tt (third-person singular indicative past-tense personal suffix).

Verb

lett

2. Only used in lett volna (third-person singular conditional past of van, “s/he would have been, [if] s/he had been”).

Usage notes

This form also occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

• lett (…) el, el … lett ? ellett ? elvan
• lett (…) hátra, hátra … lett ? hátralett ? hátravan
• lett (…) meg, meg … lett ? meglett ? megvan
• lett (…) oda, oda … lett ? odalett ? odavan
• and some more, see its derivatives with verbal prefixes.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from German Lette, from the Medieval Latin lettus (“Latvian”).

Adjective

lett (not comparable)

2. Latvian (of, or relating to Latvia, its people or language)

Declension

Noun

lett (countable and uncountable, plural lettek)

2. Latvian (person)
3. Latvian (language)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• (Latvian): lett in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• (a form of the verb “to become”): lesz in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• (part of a compound form of the verb “to be”): (1): van in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin lectus. Cognates include Italian letto and Spanish lecho.

Noun

lett

1. bed

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse léttr, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?leng??-.

Adjective

lett (neuter singular lett, definite singular and plural lette, comparative lettere, indefinite superlative lettest, definite superlative letteste)

1. easy (requiring little skill or effort)
2. light (not heavy)
3. (as an adverb) easily, lightly

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• (past participle of leite): leita, leitet, leitt

Verb

lett

1. past participle of leite
2. past participle of lete
3. imperative of lette

Etymology 3

Noun

lett m (definite singular letten, indefinite plural letter, definite plural lettene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by let

References

• “lett” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse léttr

Adjective

lett (indefinite singular lett, definite singular and plural lette, comparative lettare, indefinite superlative lettast, definite superlative lettaste)

1. easy
2. light (not heavy)

Derived terms

• lettvinn, lettvint
• ultralett

Adverb

lett

1. easily

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• ledd

Participle

lett

1. neuter of ledd

Verb

lett

1. supine of le

Etymology 3

Verb

lett

1. imperative of letta and lette

Etymology 4

From Old Norse litr, from Proto-Germanic *wlitiz, *wlituz.

Noun

lett m (definite singular letten, indefinite plural letter or lettar, definite plural lettene or lettane)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by let

References

• “lett” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

lett

1. absolute indefinite neuter form of led.

Noun

lett c

1. Latvian, person from Latvia

Declension

Verb

lett

1. supine of leda.
2. supine of le.

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Compare leit, let (“complexion; colour.”)

Adjective

lett

1. of appearance in regards to colour and spots; only said of cattle and animals

   h?rä gjär hestn dän lett?

   How is your horse coated?