ля̄һт

Kildin Sami

Ля̄һт (вэ̄дз эбьрэнҍ) Китаесьт.

Etymology

Borrowed from a Germanic language (compare English sleet), cognate with Skolt Sami leätt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈle̯aht/

Noun

ля̄һт (leaht)

1. (obsolete) sleet; rain and snow mixed (a mixture of rain and snow)

Usage notes

• The word appears only in Itkonen’s dictionary.

Inflection

Declension of ля̄һт (type I noun, һт-дт gradation)
Nominative	ля̄һт (leaht)
Genitive	ля̄дт (leadt)
	singular	plural
Nominative	ля̄һт (leaht)	ля̄дт (leadt)
Accusative	ля̄дт (leadt)	ля̄дтэтҍ (leadtet’)
Genitive	ля̄дт (leadt)	ля̄дтэ (leadte)
Dative-Illative	ле̄һтэ (liehte)	ля̄дтэтҍ (leadtet’)
Locative	ля̄дтэсьт (leadtes’t)	ля̄дтэнҍ (leadten’)
Comitative	ля̄дтэнҍ (leadten’)	ля̄дтэгуэйм (leadteguejm)
Abessive	ля̄дтха (leadtxa)	ля̄дтэха (leadtexa)
Essive	ля̄һтэнҍ (leahten’)
Partitive	ля̄һтэ (leahte)

Derived terms

• ля̄һтэ (leahte)
• ля̄һтӭ (leaht’e)

Further reading

• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “lėȧɔ̀t̀(ᴬ), lėȧᴅt(ᴬ), lok. lėȧᵈt̀ɐs̄t, lieɔ̀t̀ɐ̑ (-tȯ)”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 557
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “lėȧɔ̀t̀”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland