llest
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *lextus or *lestus, reduced from *lexitus, as an alteration of Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”), participle of legō.[1][2] Alternatively of Germanic origin, possibly from Proto-Germanic *listiz. Compare Spanish listo, Portuguese and Italian lesto.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]llest (feminine llesta, masculine plural llests or llestos, feminine plural llestes)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “llest” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- ^ https://www.diccionari.cat/GDLC/llest#
Further reading
[edit]- “llest” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “llest” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.