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summer

Source:*lětoProto-Slaviccertain

A textbook jat: е, і, a, é, je/e. Polish a appears because the next consonant, t, is hard.

English

summer

Polish

lato
ˈlatɔ
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BCS script
  • Russian
    ле́тоleto
    ˈlʲetəinherited

    Its plural counts years: сто лет '100 years'.

  • Ukrainian
    лі́тоlito
    ˈlʲitɔinherited
  • Polish
    lato
    ˈlatɔinherited

    Lata, the plural, also means 'years'.

  • Czech
    léto
    ˈlɛːtoinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    ljeto / letoљето / лето
    ˈʎetoinherited
  • English
    summer

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