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Webster 1913 Edition


Leat

Leat

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Lead
to conduct.]
An artificial water trench, esp. one to or from a mill.
C. Kingsley.

Webster 1828 Edition


Leat

LEAT

,
Noun.
A trench to conduct water to or from a mill.

Definition 2024


leat

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

  • 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

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

Odd, no gradation, irregular
infinitive leat
leahkit
1st sing. present lean
1st sing. past ledjen
infinitive leat
leahkit
present participle leahkki
past participle leamaš
verbal noun
present indicative past indicative imperative
1st singular lean ledjen lehkon
2nd singular leat ledjet leage
3rd singular lea lei
leai
lehkos
1st dual letne leimme leadnu
leahkku
2nd dual leahppi leidde leahkki
3rd dual leaba leigga
leaigga
lehkoska
1st plural leat leimmet lehkot
leatnot
2nd plural lehpet leiddet lehket
3rd plural leat ledje lehkoset
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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Pronoun

leat

  1. with you, by you (informal singular)

Derived terms

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West Frisian

Noun

leat c

  1. shoot