læti

See also: laeti, lati, latí, łati, lăți, Lati, Läti, and låti

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse læti, from Proto-Germanic *lētiją, from the root of láta (“to behave”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlai̯ːtɪ/
    Rhymes: -aiːtɪ

Noun

læti n pl (plural only, genitive plural láta)

  1. behaviour
  2. tumult, hullabaloo
  3. noise
  4. (poetic) voice

Declension

Declension of læti (pl-only neuter)
plural
indefinite definite
nominative læti lætin
accusative læti lætin
dative látum látunum
genitive láta látanna

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

læti n

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of læte

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

læti n pl (dative látum)

  1. (collective) noise, cries
  2. (collective) manners, voice

Declension

Declension of læti (strong ija-stem, plural only)
neuter plural
indefinite definite
nominative læti lætin
accusative læti lætin
dative látum látunum
genitive láta látanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: læti
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: læte

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “læti”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 282; also available at the Internet Archive
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