English

Noun

leat ‎(plural leats)

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

Translations

Anagrams

• et al., ETLA, late, tael, tale, teal, tela

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʲat̪ˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /lʲæt̪ˠ/

Pronoun

leat ‎(emphatic leatsa)

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

References

• Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. I, 196.
• Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 308.

Northern Sami

Alternative forms

• leahkit

Etymology

Cognate with Pite Sami årrot (most forms except the infinitive), Southern Sami lea, Lule Sami liehket, Skolt Sami leeˊd, Inari Sami leđe. Related to Proto-Finnic *leedäk, from which Finnish lienee, the (suppletive) potential form of olla ‎(“to be”).

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

• le + tu

Pronoun

leat

1. with you, by you (informal singular)

Derived terms

• leam-leat
• leatsa

See also

• leibh
• prepositional pronoun

West Frisian

Noun

leat c

1. shoot