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
Adjective
lleu m or f (masculine and feminine plural lleus)
Derived terms
Related terms
Adverb
lleu
Noun
lleu m (plural lleus)
- (archaic or dialectal) lungs
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
lleu
- third-person singular present indicative of lleure
Further reading
- “lleu”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “lleu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “lleu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “lleu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɬei̯/
Noun
lleu m (uncountable)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- lleuad (“moon”)
Adjective
lleu (feminine singular lleu, plural lleu, not comparable)
Synonyms
Mutation
| 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