-lect

From the terminal element of dialect, thus representing the Ancient Greek element -λεκτος (-lektos), ultimately from λέγω (légō, “I say or speak”).

• IPA^(key): /lɛkt/
• Homophone: lect

-lect

1. (linguistics) (language) variety

• lect
• lectal

• “-lect, comb. form”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.

• CELT, Celt, celt