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Lettish, a. (n.)|ˈlɛtɪʃ|
[f. Lett + -ish.]
Pertaining to the Letts or their language. Also absol. as n., the language of the Letts.
1831For. Q. Rev. VIII. 63 One of the most important personages of the ancient Lettish mythology. 1841Latham Eng. Lang. 3 The Livonian (or Lettish) of Livonia and of Courland. 1842Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 183 These dialects are the Lettish, Lithuanian, and the Proper Pruthenian. 1881Freeman Hist. Geog. Eur. I. xi. 466 note, Lett, with the adjective Lettish, is the special name of one of the obscurer members of the family. 1888King & Cookson Sound & Inflex. ii. 34 The Baltic family contains the three divisions of Old Prussian, Lithuanian, and Lettish. |