лето

From Proto-Slavic *lěto (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁tom.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛtɔ/

лето • (leto) n

1. summer, summertime
2. (archaic) year

• летен (leten)
• циганско лето (cigansko leto)

• лѣ́то (lě́to) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))

From Proto-Slavic *lěto (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁tom. Cognate with Ukrainian літо (lito), Belarusian слеціць (sljecicʹ, “to warm”), слетный (sljetnyj, “warmish”), Bulgarian лято (ljato), Serbo-Croatian лето, љето, Slovene poletje, Czech léto, Slovak leto, Polish lato, and Upper and Lower Sorbian lěto. Possibly also cognate with Old Gutnish laþigs (“spring”) and dialectal Swedish låding, låing (“spring”), i lådigs (“last spring”) (from Proto-Germanic *lēþ-), and with Irish lá (“day”). In addition, лѣто (lěto) may be related to Old Church Slavonic лѣѭ (lějǫ, “to pour”), which is cognate with Lithuanian and Latvian lietus (“rain”). Possibly also related to Latin laetus (“rich, fertile, excellent”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲetə]

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ле́то • (léto) n inan (genitive ле́та, nominative plural лета́, genitive plural лет)

1. summer

   ле́том ― létom ― in summer; in the summer

   на ле́то ― na léto ― for the summer

   про́шлое ле́то ― próšloje léto ― last summer

2. pl: years, age, summers

   пять лет тому́ наза́д ― pjatʹ let tomú nazád ― five years ago

   Он в лета́х ― On v letáx ― He is elderly.

   Ско́лько вам лет? ― Skólʹko vam let? ― How old are you?

• ба́бье ле́то n (bábʹje léto)
• год (god)
• ле́тний (létnij)
• ле́том (létom)
• летопи́сец (letopísec)
• ле́топись (létopisʹ)
• леточисление (letočislenije)

• (seasons) вре́мя го́да (vrémja góda), сезо́н (sezón); весна́ (vesná), ле́то (léto), о́сень (ósenʹ), зима́ (zimá) ^{(Category: ru:Seasons)}

• (Ijekavian) ље̏то
• (Ikavian) lito

From Proto-Slavic *lěto (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁tom.

• IPA^(key): /lêto/
• Hyphenation: ле‧то

ле̏то n (Latin spelling lȅto)

1. summer, summertime
2. (archaic) year