lestr

Breton

Etymology

From Old Breton lestr, from Proto-Brythonic *llestr, from Proto-Celtic *lestrom (“pot”) (compare Welsh llestr (“vessel, receptacle”), Irish leastar), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to gather”) + *-trom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛst/, /ˈlɛstʁ/

Noun

lestr m (plural listri or lestroù)

1. container, vessel
2. vessel, ship

Derived terms

• aerlestr
• dilestrañ
• lestr-spluj
• lestrañ

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• lest f

Noun

lestr m or f

1. reading

Related terms

• lesa

Descendants

• Icelandic: lestur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lester
• Norwegian Bokmål: lester

References

• “lestr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Anagrams

• stelr

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /lɛstr/, [ˈlɛstr̩]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /lɛstr/, [ˈlɛstr̩], /ˈlɛstɛr/

Noun

lestr

1. Soft mutation of llestr.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llestr	lestr	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.