lyth

See also: Lyth

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Diminutive in -th of lyer (“bedaubed, stained”), participle of lyej (“to daub, smear”).[1] Similar formation in synonym lyrdhëz, from lyr (“to make greasy, oily; stain, make dirty”).

Noun

lyth m (plural lytha, definite lythi, definite plural lythat)

  1. (medicine) wart
  2. (medicine) mole
  3. (medicine) callus
  4. (botany) verruca
  5. (figurative) vice, defect

Declension

Declension of lyth
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lyth lythi lytha lythat
accusative lythin
dative lythi lythit lythave lythave
ablative lythash

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • lythet
  • lythët

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lyth”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 237

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old English liþ (“limb, member, joint, point”).

Noun

lyth (plural lythes)

  1. A point in the body where bones meet; a joint.
  2. A limb.
  3. (by extension) A part of something.
Descendants
  • English: lith
  • Scots: lith

Etymology 2

Noun

lyth

  1. alternative form of light
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