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(Engels)

(declension-3, literally, two-termination) light, not heavy
(declension-3, poetic, two-termination, usually) easy to digest
(declension-3, two-termination) quick, swift, fleet, nimble, rapid
(declension-3, poetic, two-termination, usually) slight, trifling, small
(Classical-Latin, declension-3, figuratively, two-termination) light, trivial, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, slight, little, petty, easy, dispensable
(declension-3, figuratively, two-termination) light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false
(declension-3, figuratively, rare, two-termination) mild, gentle, pleasant

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gravis, lentus, asper

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈɫɛ.wɪs]

From Proto-Italic *leɣʷis (with possible contamination from *breɣʷis), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʰwih₂-, from *h₁léngʰus, from *h₁lengʷʰ- (“lightweight”). Cognates include Sanskrit लघु (laghú), Ancient Greek ἐλᾰφρός, ἐλᾰχῠ́ς (elăphrós, elăkhŭ́s) and Old English lēoht (English light).