liht

Middle English

Noun

liht

1. Alternative form of light

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːxt/

Adjective

līht

1. (Anglian) Alternative form of lēoht (“light in weight, not heavy”)

Old High German

Alternative forms

• līhti

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz (whence also Old English lēoht, Old Norse léttr), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.

Adjective

līht

1. light (not heavy)

Descendants

• Middle High German: līht
  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: leicht

    Luxembourgish: liicht

  • East Central German:

    Vilamovian: łajcht

  • German: leicht
  • Rhine Franconian: läicht, leicht, licht

    Frankfurterisch: [laiʃt]

    Pennsylvania German: leicht

  • Yiddish: לײַכט (laykht)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz, whence also Old English lēoht, Old Norse léttr.

Adjective

līht

1. light (in weight)

Declension

Positive forms of līht

Strong declension
gender	masculine		feminine		neuter
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	līht	līhte, līhta	līht	līhta	līht	līht, līhta
accusative	līhtan, līhten	līhta, līhte	līhta	līhta	līht	līht, līhta
genitive	līhtes, līhtas	līhtaro, līhtoro, līhtero	līhtara, līhtaro	līhtaro, līhtoro, līhtero	līhtes, līhtas	līhtaro, līhtoro, līhtero
dative	līhtumu, līhtum, līhtun, līhtun, līhton, līhten, līhtan	līhtun, līhton, līhtum	līhtaro, līhtaru, līhtara	līhtun, līhton	līhtumu, līhtum, līhtun, līhtun, līhton, līhten, līhtan	līhtun, līhton, līhtum
Weak declension
gender	masculine		feminine		neuter
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	līhto, līhta	līhton, līhtun	līhta, līhte	līhton, līhtun, līhtan	līhta, līhte	līhton, līhtun
accusative	līhton, līhtan	līhton, līhtun	līhtun, līhton, līhtan	līhton, līhtun, līhtan	līhta, līhte	līhton, līhtun
genitive	līhten, līhtan	līhtono, līhteno	līhtun, līhtan, līhten	līhtono	līhten, līhtan	līhtono, līhteno
dative	līhton, līhten, līhtan	līhton, līhtun	līhtun, līhtan	līhton, līhtun	līhton, līhten, līhtan	līhton, līhtun

Descendants

• Middle Low German: licht
  • Low German: licht

Pohnpeian

Etymology

Perhaps cognate to Mokilese lihs

Noun

liht

1. jellyfish