köken: From Middle High German linse, from Old High German linsa, likely a borrowing from an unidentified source. Compare Latin lēns, Lithuanian lęšis, and Old Church Slavonic лѧща (lęšta) sounding too similar for a coincidence, however different enough to prohibit reconstruction of a common PIE protoform. If ultimately a non-IE loanword, locating the source is virtually impossible because cultivation…
köken: Inherited from Old French lentille, from Vulgar Latin *lenticla, from syncopation of Latin lenticula. The "lens" meaning is because early lenses resembled lentils.
lens (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it) · lens (transparent crystalline structure in the eye) · lens (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams)
çekim: çoğul lentes
köken: Borrowed from Latin lentem (“lentil”), in Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of "lens".
lens (object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it) · lens (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams) · lens (transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
lentils, lens (plant of the genus Lens, cultivated for their edible seeds; the seeds of these plants) · lens (a clear, transparent body in various forms, usually made of glass, used to change the direction of incoming light rays so as to produce images) · (crystalline) lens (part of the eye)
çekim: çoğul lēcas · tamlayan lēcas
köken: Borrowed from Old East Slavic ляца (ljaca, “lentils”), from Proto-Slavic *lęťa. Because of the roundish, flat seeds of this plant, K. Lībietis used the same word (in 1873) to refer also to the structure inside the eye (crystalline lens), as well as its optical equivalent (lens). In this, he followed the model of German Linse.
vārīt lēcas
briljants lēcas grauda formā
lēcas kultivē cilvēku uzturam no visssenākiem laikiem