lleu

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin levis. For the meaning "lungs", compare archaic English lights (“lungs (of animals, eaten as food)”), because they are lighter than adjacent parts of the animal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈʎew]

Adjective

lleu m or f (masculine and feminine plural lleus)

1. light (not heavy)

   Synonym: lleuger

   Antonyms: feixuc, pesat

2. (figurative) slight

Derived terms

• alleujar
• lleument

Related terms

• lleuger

Adverb

lleu

1. (Pallarès, Rosellonès) soon

   Synonym: aviat

Noun

lleu m (plural lleus)

1. (archaic or dialectal) lungs

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈʎɛw]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈʎəw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈʎew]

Verb

lleu

1. third-person singular present indicative of lleure

Further reading

• “lleu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “lleu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “lleu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “lleu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɬei̯/

Noun

lleu m (uncountable)

1. light, brightness

Synonyms

1. golau
2. goleuni
3. disgleirdeb

Derived terms

• lleuad (“moon”)

Adjective

lleu (feminine singular lleu, plural lleu, not comparable)

1. bright

Synonyms

1. golau
2. disglair

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
lleu	leu	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “lleu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies