Lot
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "lot"
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Hebrew לוֹט (lot). Doublet of Lut.
Alternative forms
- Lut (Islam)
Proper noun
Lot
- (biblical) A nephew of Abraham in the Bible and Quran.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 12:5:
- And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin; rare today.
Derived terms
Translations
nephew of Abraham
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Further reading
Lot (biblical person) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Lot
- One of the departments of Occitanie, France, formerly in Midi-Pyrénées. Capital: Cahors (INSEE code 46)
Translations
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lot m anim (female equivalent Lotová)
- a male surname
Declension
Declension of Lot (hard masculine animate)
Further reading
- “Lot”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
French
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin Oltis (Gallo-Roman).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lot m
See also
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German lōt, from Old High German *lōt, from Proto-West Germanic *laud. Cognate with Dutch lood, English lead (see the latter).
Noun
Lot n (strong, genitive Lotes or Lots, plural Lote)
- (nautical) plummet (device for measuring water depth)
- Synonym: Senkblei
- (mathematics) plummet (device for levelling)
- Synonyms: Richtblei, Senkblei
- (hence with in or aus) an exact vertical position
- Synonyms: Senkrechte, Vertikale
- (technical) solder (alloy used for soldering)
- Synonyms: Weichlot, Lötmittel, Lötlegierung
- (obsolete) lead, any piece of lead
- Synonym: Blei
- (historical) lot (unit of weight)
- Coordinate term: Quentchen
- 1787, Johann Georg Krünitz, Oeconomische Encyclopädie oder allgemeines System der Staats-Stadt-Haus-u. Landwirthschaft, in alphabetischer Ordnung, page 320:
- Apotheker-Gewicht, ist von andern Arten der im gemeinen Leben gebräuchlichen Gewichte sehr unterschieden, und hat jedes Stück auch seine besondere Signatur oder Zeichnung, als: ein Pfund hat 24 Loth, oder 12 Unzen, […]
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Declension
Declension of Lot [neuter, strong]
1Now rare, see notes.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Hungarian: lat
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Lot m (proper noun, strong, genitive Lots or (with an article) Lot)
- Lot (biblical character)
Further reading
Lot (Einheit) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Italian
Etymology
Proper noun
Lot m
Old Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lot m pers (relational adjective Lotóv)
- a male given name
Declension
Declension of Lot (hard o-stem)
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Lot”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lot m
- Lot (Biblical character)
- 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Génesis 12:5:
- Y tomó Abram á Sarai su mujer, y á Lot hijo de su hermano, y toda su hacienda que habían ganado, y las almas que habían adquirido en Harán, y salieron parair á tierra de Canaán; y á tierra de Canaán llegaron.
- And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. (KJV)
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