Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈljɛ.ti/, /ˈlje.ti/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛti, -eti
  • Hyphenation: liè‧ti, lié‧ti

Adjective edit

lieti

  1. masculine plural of lieto

References edit

  1. ^ lieto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Latvian edit

Noun edit

lieti m

  1. nominative/accusative plural of lietus

Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

The transitive pairing with lyti (to rain).

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *leˀitei,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁i-.[1]

Cognates include Latvian liet,[1] Old Prussian pralieton,[1] Proto-Slavic *liti,[1] and Ancient Greek λείβω (leíbō).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • (líeti) IPA(key): [ˈlʲɪ̂ət̪ʲɪ]
  • (liẽti) IPA(key): [ˈlʲɪət̪ʲɪ]
  • (lie) IPA(key): [lʲɪəˈt̪ʲɪ]

Verb edit

líeti (third-person present tense líeja, third-person past tense líejo) [2]

  1. (transitive) to pour;[3] let flow, shed
    vandenį lieti - to pour water
  2. (transitive) to spread (light etc.)
  3. (transitive) to lay (soft (eggs))[4]
    Višta liejo kiaušinius.
    A hen laid eggs.

Verb edit

liẽti (third-person present tense liẽja, third-person past tense liẽjo) [5]

  1. (transitive) to cast (metal)
  2. (transitive) to make (cheese or candle)

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Participle edit

lietì m (past passive)

  1. nominative masculine plural of lietas

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 280
  2. ^ “líeti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  3. ^ “lieti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
  4. ^ “líeti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  5. ^ “liẽti” in Balčikonis, op. cit.