lett

See also: Lett and lẹtt

English

Verb

lett

1. Archaic form of let
   • 1754, Walter Goodall, “An Examination of the Letters, Said to be written by Mary Queen of Scots, to James Earl of Bothwell: Also An Inquiry into the Murder of Kind Henry. Vol. II”, in The Quenes Majesty to the Lord Wardens of the marches, for assistance of the Erle of Murray, Edinburgh, page 323:

     We grete you well. Wheras the Erle of Murray, and uther Noblemen and Gentlemen of Scotland, came into this our realme, upon our request, and by our saife conduct for their entry and departure, we lett you know, that we have licensed him, and them all, with their traynes, to returne into Scotland, there to continue in their former estates.

See also

• lettest (second person singular present)
• letteth (third person singular present)

Anagrams

• ETTL, telt

Estonian

Noun

lett (genitive leti, partitive letti)

1. counter

Declension

Declension of lett (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		lett	letid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	leti
genitive			lettide
partitive		letti	lette lettisid
illative		letti letisse	lettidesse letesse
inessive		letis	lettides letes
elative		letist	lettidest letest
allative		letile	lettidele letele
adessive		letil	lettidel letel
ablative		letilt	lettidelt letelt
translative		letiks	lettideks leteks
terminative		letini	lettideni
essive		letina	lettidena
abessive		letita	lettideta
comitative		letiga	lettidega

Further reading

• “lett”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛtː]

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• Rhymes: -ɛtː

Etymology 1

From the le- stem of lesz (“to become”) +‎ -tt (third-person singular indicative past-tense personal suffix).

Verb

lett

2. third-person singular indicative past of lesz (“s/he has become, s/he became”)

   Orvos lett. ― S/he has become (or s/he became) a doctor.

3. construed with volna: third-person singular conditional past of lesz (“s/he would have become, s/he would have been, [if] s/he had become”)

   Legszívesebben orvos lett volna. ― S/he’d have preferably become a doctor or What s/he wanted to do best was become a doctor.

Usage notes

This form also occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

• lett (…) el, el … lett ― ellett ― ellesz
• lett (…) ki, ki … lett ― kilett ― kilesz
• lett (…) meg, meg … lett ― meglett ― meglesz
• lett (…) oda, oda … lett ― odalett ― odalesz

Participle

lett

1. past participle of lesz

   A képviselőből polgármesterré lett XY azzal a céllal indult a választáson, hogy… ― XY, advanced to mayor from representative, ran at the election with the goal of…

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	lett	lettek
accusative	lettet	letteket
dative	lettnek	letteknek
instrumental	lettel	lettekkel
causal-final	lettért	lettekért
translative	letté	lettekké
terminative	lettig	lettekig
essive-formal	lettként	lettekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	lettben	lettekben
superessive	letten	letteken
adessive	lettnél	letteknél
illative	lettbe	lettekbe
sublative	lettre	lettekre
allative	letthez	lettekhez
elative	lettből	lettekből
delative	lettről	lettekről
ablative	lettől	lettektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	letté	letteké
non-attributive possessive - plural	lettéi	lettekéi

Etymology 2

From the le- suppletive stem of van (“to be”) +‎ -tt (third-person singular indicative past-tense personal suffix).

Verb

lett

2. Only used in lett volna (third-person singular conditional past of van, “s/he would have been, [if] s/he had been”).

   Ha metróval jön (or jött volna), időben itt lett volna. ― If s/he had taken the subway, s/he would have been here on time.

   Ha itt lett volna, segített volna. ― If s/he had been here, s/he would have helped [us/you/them].

Usage notes

This form also occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

• lett (…) el, el … lett ― ellett ― elvan
• lett (…) hátra, hátra … lett ― hátralett ― hátravan
• lett (…) meg, meg … lett ― meglett ― megvan
• lett (…) oda, oda … lett ― odalett ― odavan
• and some more, see its derivatives with verbal prefixes.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from German Lette, from the Medieval Latin lettus (“Latvian”).

Adjective

lett (not comparable)

2. Latvian (of, or relating to Latvia, its people or language)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	lett	lettek
accusative	lettet	letteket
dative	lettnek	letteknek
instrumental	lettel	lettekkel
causal-final	lettért	lettekért
translative	letté	lettekké
terminative	lettig	lettekig
essive-formal	lettként	lettekként
essive-modal	lettül	—
inessive	lettben	lettekben
superessive	letten	letteken
adessive	lettnél	letteknél
illative	lettbe	lettekbe
sublative	lettre	lettekre
allative	letthez	lettekhez
elative	lettből	lettekből
delative	lettről	lettekről
ablative	lettől	lettektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	letté	letteké
non-attributive possessive - plural	lettéi	lettekéi

Noun

lett (countable and uncountable, plural lettek)

2. Latvian (person)
3. Latvian (language)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	lett	lettek
accusative	lettet	letteket
dative	lettnek	letteknek
instrumental	lettel	lettekkel
causal-final	lettért	lettekért
translative	letté	lettekké
terminative	lettig	lettekig
essive-formal	lettként	lettekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	lettben	lettekben
superessive	letten	letteken
adessive	lettnél	letteknél
illative	lettbe	lettekbe
sublative	lettre	lettekre
allative	letthez	lettekhez
elative	lettből	lettekből
delative	lettről	lettekről
ablative	lettől	lettektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	letté	letteké
non-attributive possessive - plural	lettéi	lettekéi

Possessive forms of lett
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	lettem	lettjeim
2nd person sing.	letted	lettjeid
3rd person sing.	lettje	lettjei
1st person plural	lettünk	lettjeink
2nd person plural	lettetek	lettjeitek
3rd person plural	lettjük	lettjeik

Derived terms

Compound words

• Lettország

 

Further reading

• (Latvian): lett in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (a form of the verb “to become”): lesz in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (part of a compound form of the verb “to be”): (1): van in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin lectus. Cognates include Italian letto and Spanish lecho.

Noun

lett

1. bed

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛt/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian letto.

Adjective

lett (feminine singular letta, plural letti)

1. (liturgy) low, without music or ceremonials

   quddiesa letta ― low mass

Related terms

• lettorat
• lettur
• lettura

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sicilian lettu.

Noun

lett m (plural lettijiet)

1. (nautical) fishing line with large hooks

   Alternative form: letta

2. (nautical) main rope tied to fishing pots

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛtː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse léttr, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.

Adjective

lett (neuter singular lett, definite singular and plural lette, comparative lettere, indefinite superlative lettest, definite superlative letteste)

1. easy (requiring little skill or effort)
2. light (not heavy)
3. (as an adverb) easily, lightly

Derived terms

• det er lett å være etterpåklok
• fjærlett
• lettere sagt enn gjort
• lettlest
• lettvinn, lettvint
• ultralett

 

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• leita, leitet, leitt (past participle of leite)

Verb

lett

1. past participle of leite
2. past participle of lete
3. imperative of lette

Etymology 3

Noun

lett m (definite singular letten, indefinite plural letter, definite plural lettene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by let

References

• “lett” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /letː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse léttr.

Adjective

lett (indefinite singular lett, definite singular and plural lette, comparative lettare, indefinite superlative lettast, definite superlative lettaste)

1. easy
2. light (not heavy)

Derived terms

• lettvinn, lettvint
• ultralett

Adverb

lett

1. easily

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• ledd

Participle

lett

1. neuter of ledd

Verb

lett

1. supine of le

Etymology 3

Verb

lett

1. imperative of letta

Etymology 4

From Old Norse litr, from Proto-Germanic *wlitiz, *wlituz.

Noun

lett m (definite singular letten, indefinite plural letter or lettar, definite plural lettene or lettane)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of let

References

• “lett” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

lett

1. indefinite neuter singular of led

Noun

lett c

1. Latvian, person from Latvia

Declension

Declension of lett
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lett	letten	letter	letterna
Genitive	letts	lettens	letters	letternas

Verb

lett

1. supine of leda
2. supine of le