lyth

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Diminutive in -th of lyer (bedaubed, stained), participle of lyej (to daub, smear).[1] Similar formation in synonym lyrdhëz, from lyr (to make greasy, oily; stain, make dirty).

Noun

lyth m (indefinite plural lytha, definite singular lythi, definite plural lythat)

  1. (medicine) wart
  2. (medicine) mole
  3. (medicine) callus
  4. (botany) verruca
  5. (figuratively) vice, defect

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • lythet
  • lythët

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), lyth”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 237

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old English liþ (limb, member, joint, point)

Noun

lyth (plural lythes)

  1. A point in the body where bones meet; a joint.
  2. A limb.
  3. (by extension) A part of something.
Descendants

References

Noun

lyth (plural lythis)

  1. Alternative form of light

References

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