leiti

From Old Galician-Portuguese leite, from Vulgar Latin lactem (masculine or feminine accusative), from Latin lac (neuter), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlei̯ti/
• Rhymes: -ei̯ti
• Syllabification: lei‧ti

leiti m or f (countable and uncountable, plural leitis)

1. milk

• This noun is traditionally masculine in all three variants, but in Mañegu and Valverdeñu it is often feminine under the influence of Spanish leche.

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

leiti m

1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular of leitis

From English laity.

leiti

1. laity