"llest" meaning in Catalan

See llest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈʎest] [Balearic, Central, Valencia] Forms: llesta [feminine], llests [masculine, plural], llestos [masculine, plural], llestes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *lextus or *lestus, reduced from *lexitus, as an alteration of Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”), participle of legō. Alternatively of Germanic origin, possibly from Proto-Germanic *listiz. Compare Spanish listo, Portuguese and Italian lesto. Etymology templates: {{der|ca|VL.||*lextus}} Vulgar Latin *lextus, {{der|ca|la|lēctus||chosen; read}} Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”), {{der|ca|gem-pro|*listiz}} Proto-Germanic *listiz, {{cog|es|listo}} Spanish listo, {{cog|pt,it|lesto}} Portuguese and Italian lesto Head templates: {{ca-adj}} llest (feminine llesta, masculine plural llests or llestos, feminine plural llestes)
  1. ready Synonyms: a punt
    Sense id: en-llest-ca-adj-sk1tM3Nu Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 99 1
  2. clever, smart Synonyms: espavilat
    Sense id: en-llest-ca-adj-9x-bUVNg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: enllestir, llestament, llestesa Related terms: llestar

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "enllestir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "llestament"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "llestesa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*lextus"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *lextus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "lēctus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "chosen; read"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*listiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *listiz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "listo"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish listo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt,it",
        "2": "lesto"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese and Italian lesto",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *lextus or *lestus, reduced from *lexitus, as an alteration of Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”), participle of legō. Alternatively of Germanic origin, possibly from Proto-Germanic *listiz. Compare Spanish listo, Portuguese and Italian lesto.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "llesta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "llests",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "llestos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "llestes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "ca-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Catalan",
  "lang_code": "ca",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "llestar"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Catalan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "99 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ready"
      ],
      "id": "en-llest-ca-adj-sk1tM3Nu",
      "links": [
        [
          "ready",
          "ready"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "a punt"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clever, smart"
      ],
      "id": "en-llest-ca-adj-9x-bUVNg",
      "links": [
        [
          "clever",
          "clever"
        ],
        [
          "smart",
          "smart"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "espavilat"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʎest]",
      "tags": [
        "Balearic",
        "Central",
        "Valencia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "llest"
}
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    "Catalan adjectives",
    "Catalan entries with incorrect language header",
    "Catalan lemmas",
    "Catalan terms derived from Latin",
    "Catalan terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Catalan terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "enllestir"
    },
    {
      "word": "llestament"
    },
    {
      "word": "llestesa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*lextus"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *lextus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "lēctus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "chosen; read"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*listiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *listiz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "listo"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish listo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt,it",
        "2": "lesto"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese and Italian lesto",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *lextus or *lestus, reduced from *lexitus, as an alteration of Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”), participle of legō. Alternatively of Germanic origin, possibly from Proto-Germanic *listiz. Compare Spanish listo, Portuguese and Italian lesto.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "llesta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "llests",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "llestos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "llestes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "llest (feminine llesta, masculine plural llests or llestos, feminine plural llestes)",
      "name": "ca-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Catalan",
  "lang_code": "ca",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "llestar"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ready"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ready",
          "ready"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "a punt"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clever, smart"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clever",
          "clever"
        ],
        [
          "smart",
          "smart"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "espavilat"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʎest]",
      "tags": [
        "Balearic",
        "Central",
        "Valencia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "llest"
}

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