lyth

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Diminutive in -th of lyer (“bedaubed, stained”), participle of lyej (“to daub, smear”).[1] Similar formation in synonym lyrdhëz, from lyr (“to make greasy, oily; stain, make dirty”).

Noun

lyth m (plural lytha, definite lythi, definite plural lythat)

  1. (medicine) wart
  2. (medicine) mole
  3. (medicine) callus
  4. (botany) verruca
  5. (figurative) vice, defect

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • lythet
  • lythët

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lyth”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 237

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old English liþ (“limb, member, joint, point”).

Noun

lyth (plural lythes)

  1. A point in the body where bones meet; a joint.
  2. A limb.
  3. (by extension) A part of something.
Descendants
  • English: lith
  • Scots: lith

Noun

lyth

  1. Alternative form of light
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