lett

1. Archaic form oflet
   • 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”, inThe Quenes Majesty to the Lord Wardens of the marches, for assistance of the Erle of Murray, Edinburgh, page323:

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

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

• ETTL,telt

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lett (genitiveleti,partitiveletti)

1. counter

• “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

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛtː]

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• Rhymes:-ɛtː

From thele- stem oflesz(“to become”) +‎-tt(third-person singular indicative past-tense personal suffix).

lett

2. third-personsingularindicativepast oflesz(“s/he has become, s/he became”)

   Orvoslett. ―S/hehas become (or s/hebecame) a doctor.

3. construed withvolna:third-personsingularconditionalpast oflesz(“s/he would have become, s/he would have been, [if] s/he had become”)

   Legszívesebben orvoslett volna. ―S/he’d have preferablybecome a doctoror What s/he wanted to do best wasbecome a doctor.

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

lett

1. pastparticiple oflesz

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

From thele- suppletive stem ofvan(“to be”) +‎-tt(third-person singular indicative past-tense personal suffix).

lett

2. Only used inlettvolna(third-personsingularconditionalpast ofvan,“s/he would have been, [if] s/he had been”).

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

   Ha ittlett volna, segített volna. ―If s/he hadbeen here, s/he would have helped [us/you/them].

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, seeits derivatives with verbal prefixes.

Borrowed fromGermanLette, from theMedieval Latinlettus(“Latvian”).

lett (notcomparable)

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

lett (countable anduncountable,plurallettek)

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

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

FromLatinlectus. Cognates includeItalianletto andSpanishlecho.

lett

1. bed

• IPA^(key): /lɛt/

Borrowed fromItalianletto.

lett (feminine singularletta,pluralletti)

1. (liturgy)low, withoutmusic orceremonials

   quddiesaletta ―low mass

Borrowed fromSicilianlettu.

lett m (plurallettijiet)

1. (nautical)fishing line withlarge hooks

   Alternative form:letta

2. (nautical) main rope tied tofishingpots

• IPA^(key): /lɛtː/

FromOld Norseléttr, fromProto-Germanic*linhtaz, fromProto-Indo-European*h₁lengʷʰ-.

lett (neuter singularlett,definite singular and plurallette,comparativelettere,indefinite superlativelettest,definite superlativeletteste)

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

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

lett

1. pastparticiple ofleite
2. pastparticiple oflete
3. imperative oflette

lett m (definite singularletten,indefinite pluralletter,definite plurallettene)

1. form removed with thespelling reform of 2005;superseded bylet

• “lett” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /letː/

FromOld Norseléttr.

lett (indefinite singularlett,definite singular and plurallette,comparativelettare,indefinite superlativelettast,definite superlativelettaste)

1. easy
2. light(not heavy)

• lettvinn,lettvint
• ultralett

lett

1. easily

• ledd

lett

1. neuter ofledd

lett

1. supine ofle

lett

1. imperative ofletta

FromOld Norselitr, fromProto-Germanic*wlitiz,*wlituz.

lett m (definite singularletten,indefinite pluralletterorlettar,definite pluralletteneorlettane)

1. (pre-2012)alternative form oflet

• “lett” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

lett

1. third-personsingularpresentindicative oflettan

lett

1. indefiniteneutersingular ofled

lett c

1. Latvian, person fromLatvia

lett

1. supine ofleda
2. supine ofle

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