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lleu

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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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

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Adjective

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lleu m or f (masculine and feminine plural lleus)

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

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lleu

  1. (Pallarès, Rosellonès) soon
    Synonym: aviat

Noun

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lleu m (plural lleus)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) lungs

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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lleu

  1. third-person singular present indicative of lleure

Further reading

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈɬei̯/

Noun

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lleu m (uncountable)

  1. light, brightness

Synonyms

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  1. golau
  2. goleuni
  3. disgleirdeb

Derived terms

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Adjective

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

  1. bright

Synonyms

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  1. golau
  2. disglair

Mutation

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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

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  • 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