лят

Bulgarian

Etymology

Fossilized perfective participle of Proto-Slavic *liti (“to flow, to shed”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [lʲa̟t]

Adjective

лят • (ljat)

  1. poured, shed
    Synonym: тучен (tučen)
  2. cast (for metals)
    ля́то желя́зо ― ljáto željázo ― cast iron
    ля́та стома́на ― ljáta stomána ― cast steel

Declension
Declension of лят (no comparative)
masculine feminine neuter plural
indefinite лят
ljat		 ля́та
ljáta		 ля́то
ljáto		 ля́ти
ljáti
definite
(subject form)		 ля́тият
ljátijat		 ля́тата
ljátata		 ля́тото
ljátoto		 ля́тите
ljátite
definite
(object form)		 ля́тия
ljátija

Derived terms
  • изля́т (izlját, “cast, molten”)
  • заля́т (zalját, “flooded”)
  • наля́т (nalját, “poured”)
  • слят (sljat, “fused”)
  • ле́я (léja, “to flow, to shed”)
  • *лив (*liv) (obsolete)

References
  • “лят”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
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