lytel

lytel

English

Adjective

lytel (comparative lyteler, superlative lytelest)

  1. (UK regional) Pronunciation spelling of little, small.

Adverb

lytel (comparative more lytel, superlative most lytel)

  1. (UK regional) Pronunciation spelling of little, not much.

Determiner

lytel

  1. (UK regional) Pronunciation spelling of little, not much.

Pronoun

lytel

  1. (UK regional) Pronunciation spelling of little, not much.

Noun

lytel (plural lytels)

  1. (UK regional) Pronunciation spelling of little, a small amount, a small person, a small thing.

References

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lūtil, from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlyː.tel/

Adjective

lȳtel (comparative lǣssa, superlative lǣst)

  1. small, little
    Ūre ealde hūs wæs lǣsse þonne þæt nīewe.
    Our old house was smaller than the new one.
    • 11th century, Against a dwarf:
      Wið dweorh man sċeal niman VII lȳtle oflǣtan…
      Against a dwarf, one should take seven little wafers…
  2. not much, few

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: litel, lettele, litell, lytel, luitel, lutel, lutil, luytel (Southern, West Midlands)
    • English: little
    • Scots: lytil, litil
    • Yola: lethel, lithel, litha, lythea