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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.
Definition 2024
leat
leat
English
Noun
leat (plural leats)
- an artificial watercourse, canal or aqueduct, but especially a millrace
Translations
Anagrams
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lʲat̪ˠ/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /lʲæt̪ˠ/
Pronoun
leat (emphatic leatsa)
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
- to be
- (possessor in locative case) to have, to possess
- (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 | |||
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infinitive | leat leahkit |
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1st sing. present | lean | ||
1st sing. past | ledjen | ||
infinitive | leat leahkit |
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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