[ˈlædus]
CilmeFrom Proto-Baltic *ledús, from Proto-Indo-European *ledʰ- (“ice”), perhaps the same as *leydʰ- (“slippery, to slide”). Cognates include Lithuanian lẽdas, dialectal ledùs, Old Prussian ladis, Latgalian lads, Russian лёд (ljod), Old Church Slavonic ледъ (ledŭ), Czech led, Polish lód.
- declension-3, masculineice, frozen water
“ledus kristāli” — ice cristals
“ledus slānis” — ice layer
“plāns ledus” — thin ice
Formasledus(nominative, singular) · ledi(nominative, plural) · ledus(genitive, singular) · ledu(genitive, plural) · ledum(dative, singular) · lediem(dative, plural) · ledu(accusative, singular) · ledus(accusative, plural) · ledu(instrumental, singular) · lediem(instrumental, plural) · ledū(locative, singular) · ledos(locative, plural) · ledus(singular, vocative) · ledi(plural, vocative)