OriginRelated to Latvian lenta (“board, plank”), Proto-Slavic *lǫtъ (“linden bast”) (whence Russian лут (lut, “bast, bark of a linden”), also diminutive *lǫtъka), from Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lenteh₂; compare Albanian lëndë (“timber; matter”), Proto-Germanic *lindō (“linden”).
Formslentà(canonical, feminine, stress-pattern-4) · leñtos(plural) · lentẽlė(diminutive) · lentà(nominative, singular) · leñtos(nominative, plural) · lentõs(genitive, singular) · lentų̃(genitive, plural) · leñtai(dative, singular) · lentóms(dative, plural) · leñtą(accusative, singular) · lentàs(accusative, plural) · lentà(instrumental, singular) · lentomi̇̀s(instrumental, plural) · lentojè(locative, singular) · lentosè(locative, plural) · leñta(singular, vocative) · leñtos(plural, vocative)