lleu

Catalan

Etymology 1

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

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈʎew]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)

Adjective

lleu m or f (masculine and feminine plural lleus)

  1. light (not heavy)
    Synonym: lleuger
    Antonyms: feixuc, pesat
  2. (figurative) slight
Derived terms

Adverb

lleu

  1. (Pallarès, Rosellonès) soon
    Synonym: aviat

Noun

lleu m (plural lleus)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) lungs

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

lleu

  1. third-person singular present indicative of lleure

Further reading

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɬei̯/

Noun

lleu m (uncountable)

  1. light, brightness

Synonyms

  1. golau
  2. goleuni
  3. disgleirdeb

Derived terms

Adjective

lleu (feminine singular lleu, plural lleu, not comparable)

  1. bright

Synonyms

  1. golau
  2. disglair

Mutation

Mutated forms of lleu
radical soft nasal aspirate
lleu leu unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • 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