lleu
Catalan
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin levis. For the meaning "lungs", compare archaic English lights (“lungs (of animals, eaten as food)”), because they are lighter than adjacent parts of the animal.
Adjective
lleu m or f (masculine and feminine plural lleus)
Related terms
Further reading
- “lleu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “lleu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “lleu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “lleu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Welsh
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɬei̯/
Synonyms
Derived terms
- lleuad (“moon”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
lleu | leu | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “lleu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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