lleu
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin levis. For the meaning "lungs", compare archaic English lights (“lungs (of animals, eaten as food)”), because they are lighter than adjacent parts of the animal.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lleu m or f (masculine and feminine plural lleus)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Adverb edit
lleu
Noun edit
lleu m (plural lleus)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lleu
Further reading edit
- “lleu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “lleu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “lleu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “lleu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lleu m (uncountable)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- lleuad (“moon”)
Adjective edit
lleu (feminine singular lleu, plural lleu, not comparable)
Synonyms edit
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
lleu | leu | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “lleu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies