alight

Pronunciation




Etymology 1
From, from a merger of:


 * , from +, , ultimately from ; and
 * , from +,  (see above).

The English word is analysable as.


 * 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬); 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬, modern 🇨🇬)
 * 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬); 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬, modern 🇨🇬)

Verb

 * 1)  To make less heavy; to lighten; to alleviate, to relieve.
 * 2) Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.
 * 3)  Often followed by at, on, or upon: of something aloft: to descend and settle; to land, to lodge, to rest.
 * 4) To come down or go down; to descend.
 * 5) Often followed by on or upon: of a blow, something thrown, etc.: to land heavily.
 * 6)  Often followed by on or upon: to find by accident; to chance upon, to come upon.
 * 7)  To arrive.
 * 1)  Often followed by at, on, or upon: of something aloft: to descend and settle; to land, to lodge, to rest.
 * 2) To come down or go down; to descend.
 * 3) Often followed by on or upon: of a blow, something thrown, etc.: to land heavily.
 * 4)  Often followed by on or upon: to find by accident; to chance upon, to come upon.
 * 5)  To arrive.
 * 1)  Often followed by at, on, or upon: of something aloft: to descend and settle; to land, to lodge, to rest.
 * 2) To come down or go down; to descend.
 * 3) Often followed by on or upon: of a blow, something thrown, etc.: to land heavily.
 * 4)  Often followed by on or upon: to find by accident; to chance upon, to come upon.
 * 5)  To arrive.
 * 1) To come down or go down; to descend.
 * 2) Often followed by on or upon: of a blow, something thrown, etc.: to land heavily.
 * 3)  Often followed by on or upon: to find by accident; to chance upon, to come upon.
 * 4)  To arrive.
 * 1) To come down or go down; to descend.
 * 2) Often followed by on or upon: of a blow, something thrown, etc.: to land heavily.
 * 3)  Often followed by on or upon: to find by accident; to chance upon, to come upon.
 * 4)  To arrive.
 * 1) To come down or go down; to descend.
 * 2) Often followed by on or upon: of a blow, something thrown, etc.: to land heavily.
 * 3)  Often followed by on or upon: to find by accident; to chance upon, to come upon.
 * 4)  To arrive.
 * 1)  To arrive.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: sesednout, vysednout,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: maha tulema, väljuma
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Maori: makere,, whakaeke
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: xuống xe


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Maori:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: slå ner sig


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, ,

Etymology 2
The is probably derived partly:


 * from, from , (perhaps modelled after , the    of ), from  + ,  (ultimately from ); and
 * from, from , a variant of , from , from +  (ultimately from ; see above); and
 * from later uses of.

The English word is analysable as.

The and  are derived from Late, from , , a   form of ,  (see above); but have also been subsequently interpreted as.



Verb

 * 1) To cast light on (something); to illuminate, to light up.
 * 2) To set light to (something); to set (something) on fire; to ignite, to light.
 * 1) To set light to (something); to set (something) on fire; to ignite, to light.
 * 1) To set light to (something); to set (something) on fire; to ignite, to light.

Adjective

 * 1) Burning, lit, on fire.
 * 2) Often followed by with: shining with light; luminous, radiant; also, brightly coloured; vivid.
 * 3) Of an electrical light source: switched on and emitting light.
 * 4)  Aglow with activity or emotion.
 * 1) Often followed by with: shining with light; luminous, radiant; also, brightly coloured; vivid.
 * 2) Of an electrical light source: switched on and emitting light.
 * 3)  Aglow with activity or emotion.
 * 1) Of an electrical light source: switched on and emitting light.
 * 2)  Aglow with activity or emotion.

Usage notes
The adjective is used only as a.

Translations

 * Finnish: tulessa, tuleen
 * German: in Flammen
 * Irish: le thine
 * Persian:
 * Polish: płonący
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:


 * Czech: rozzářený, rozsvícený
 * Finnish: ,


 * Czech: rozzářený,
 * Polish: płonący
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian:, ,

Adverb

 * 1)  Chiefly in set alight: in flames, on fire; aflame.