delit
Catalan
editEtymology
editFrom Latin delectus, past participle of dēligō (“I select”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdelit m (plural delits)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editParticiple
editdelit (feminine delida, masculine plural delits, feminine plural delides)
- past participle of delir
Further reading
edit- “delit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Ladin
editEtymology
editNoun
editdelit m (plural delic)
Middle English
editNoun
editdelit
- Alternative form of delite
- 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 6, recto:
- To lyuen in delyt was euere his wone / For he was Epicurus owene sone / That heeld opynyoun þt pleyn delit / Was verray felicitee parfit
- He was in the habit of living in delight; / He was like Epicurus' own son, / Holding the opinion that delight alone / Was true and perfect happiness.
Adjective
editdelit
- Alternative form of delite
References
edit- “delit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Old French
editEtymology
editNoun
editdelit oblique singular, m (oblique plural deliz or delitz, nominative singular deliz or delitz, nominative plural delit)
References
edit- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (1. delit)
- delit on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Welsh
editPronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdɛlɪt/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdeːlɪt/, /ˈdɛlɪt/
Verb
editdelit
- (literary) second-person singular imperfect subjunctive of dod
- (literary) second-person singular imperfect indicative/imperfect subjunctive/conditional of dal
Mutation
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