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): /ˈlaiːtɪ/

  Rhymes: -aiːtɪ

Noun

læti n pl (plurale tantum)

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

Declension

declension of læti

læti	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	læti	lætin
accusative	læti	lætin
dative	látum	látunum
genitive	láta	látanna

Derived terms

• láta öllum illum látum
• látalæti

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

References

• læti in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.