Contionary:lat

Niemish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lat/

Etymology

From Gothic lats.

Adjective

làt adj. (comparative: más làt)

1. slow
2. lazy

Case	masculine			feminine
	singular		plural	singular	plural
	indefinite	definite
Nominative	làt			làt
Genitive	lä̀t
Dative	làt
Predicative			làts		làts

Derived terms

• lä̀te ("slowness")

Antonyms

• snìmm ("fast, quick")

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk lat, from Old Skundavisk lata, from Halmisk ᛚᚨᛏᚨ (lata), ᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ (lataŕ), from Proto-Germanic *lataz.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lat/

Adjective

lat (comparative læter, superlative lætest)

1. late

   Si kamen lat an.

   They arrived late.

Inflection

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hi is lat	si is lat	hit is lat	si sind lat
strong declension	common	lat	late	lat	late
	genitive	lates	later	lates	later
weak declension	common	late	late	late	laten
	genitive	laten	laten	laten	laten

Thustani

Pronunciation

• (Wangdru): IPA^(key): [lɐt]
• (Chyintiang): IPA^(key): [lɑt]

Noun

lat (classifier luk)

1. animal
   1. member of the kingdom Animalia
   2. non-human living being
   3. (figurative) a brutish person (animalistic, having strength, hairiness, etc.)

      Yin ho nyad lat ber yin mlua.

      He's like an animal when drunk.

   4. (slang, derogatory) a foolish person; despicable person

      lat nanjung ― political animal

Declension

Declension of lat

Absolutive	lat /lɐt/
Ergative	latna /lɐt.nɐ/
Genitive	latnat /lɐt.nɐt/
Associative	lat gi /lɐt ɡi/
Benefactive	lat tas /lɐt tɑː/