Old English · adjective
lytel
Normalised lȳtel
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈlyː.tel/
- Syllables
- ˈlyː · tel (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- littlesmallfewmuch
Meaning
-
small, little
Ūre ealde hūs wæs lǣsse þonne þæt nīewe.
Our old house was smaller than the new one.
-
not much, few
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | lȳtel | lȳtelulȳtlulȳtelolȳtlo | lȳtel |
| Accusative | lȳtelne | lȳtelelȳtle | lȳtel |
| Genitive | lȳteleslȳtles | lȳtelre | lȳteleslȳtles |
| Dative | lȳtelumlȳtlum | lȳtelre | lȳtelumlȳtlum |
| Instrumental | lȳtelelȳtle | lȳtelre | lȳtelelȳtle |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | lȳtelelȳtle | lȳtelalȳtlalȳtelelȳtle | lȳtelulȳtlulȳtelolȳtlo |
| Accusative | lȳtelelȳtle | lȳtelalȳtlalȳtelelȳtle | lȳtelulȳtlulȳtelolȳtlo |
| Genitive | lȳtelra | lȳtelra | lȳtelra |
| Dative | lȳtelumlȳtlum | lȳtelumlȳtlum | lȳtelumlȳtlum |
| Instrumental | lȳtelumlȳtlum | lȳtelumlȳtlum | lȳtelumlȳtlum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | lȳtelalȳtla | lȳtelelȳtle | lȳtelelȳtle |
| Accusative | lȳtelanlȳtlan | lȳtelanlȳtlan | lȳtelelȳtle |
| Genitive | lȳtelanlȳtlan | lȳtelanlȳtlan | lȳtelanlȳtlan |
| Dative | lȳtelanlȳtlan | lȳtelanlȳtlan | lȳtelanlȳtlan |
| Instrumental | lȳtelanlȳtlan | lȳtelanlȳtlan | lȳtelanlȳtlan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | lȳtelanlȳtlan | lȳtelanlȳtlan | lȳtelanlȳtlan |
| Accusative | lȳtelanlȳtlan | lȳtelanlȳtlan | lȳtelanlȳtlan |
| Genitive | lȳtelralȳtelenalȳtlena | lȳtelralȳtelenalȳtlena | lȳtelralȳtelenalȳtlena |
| Dative | lȳtelumlȳtlum | lȳtelumlȳtlum | lȳtelumlȳtlum |
| Instrumental | lȳtelumlȳtlum | lȳtelumlȳtlum | lȳtelumlȳtlum |
All forms (20)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *lūtil, from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz.
Descendants
little
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