leito

leito

Aragonese

Etymology

Akin to Italian letto, from Latin lectus.

Noun

leito

1. bed

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese leito, from Latin lectus. Cognate with Portuguese leito and Spanish lecho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlejto̝/

Noun

leito m (plural leitos)

1. couch, bed
   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Estouche feita un Calabre,

     èas vagoas dos ôllos cán

     à cantos me ben no Leyto:

     aÿ miña Virxen da Paz!

     I'm but a cadaver now,

     And tears fall from the eyes

     Of everyone who see me in bed

     Oh, my Virgin of Peace!

   Synonym: cama

2. (archaic) stretcher
3. riverbed
4. platform of a cart
5. (masonry) bed (lower surface of an ashlar, brick, etc)

References

• “leyto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “leyto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “leito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “leito” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “leito” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin lectus, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlej.to/

Noun

leito m

1. bed
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 323 (facsimile):

     nẽ niun dano fezeran nẽ eno leito nẽ na meſa nẽ no ſcan^o

     they did no damage to the bed, to the table or to the bench.

Synonyms

• cama

Descendants

• Galician: leito
• Portuguese: leito

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese leito, from Latin lectus, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Cognate of Spanish lecho, Italian letto and French lit.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.tu/ [ˈleɪ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.tu/ [ˈleɪ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.to/ [ˈleɪ̯.to]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɐj.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɐj.tu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.tu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈle.tu/

• Rhymes: -ɐjtu, -ejtu
• Hyphenation: lei‧to

Noun

leito m (plural leitos)

1. (chiefly Brazil) hospital bed
2. (poetic or archaic) any bed

   Synonym: cama

3. riverbed

   O rio subiu e saiu do leito.

   The river flooded over the riverbed.

Synonyms

• (bed): cama
• (riverbed): álveo

Related terms

• liteira