liht

Middle English

Noun

liht

1. alternative form of light

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːxt/
• Rhymes: -iːxt

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

Descendants

• Middle Low German: licht
  • Low German: licht

Pohnpeian

Etymology

Cognate with Mokilese lihs. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːt̻/
• Rhymes: -iːt̻

Noun

liht

1. jellyfish

References

• “liht”, in New Pohnpeian-English Online Dictionary‎^[1], Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaiʻi