# lot
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.
Cognate with North Frisian lod, Saterland Frisian Lot, West Frisian lot, Dutch lot, French lot, German Low German Lott, Middle High German luz. Doublet of lotto. Related also to German Los.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, Canada) enPR: lŏt, IPA: /lɒt/
* (General American, dialectal in Canada) enPR: lät, IPA: /lɑt/
** Audio (California):(file)
* (Boston, Western Pennsylvania, Standard Southern British) IPA: /lɔt/
** Audio (Standard Southern British); “a lot”:(file)
* (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /lɔt/, /lɒt/
* Rhymes: -ɒt

### Noun

lot (plural lots)
* A large quantity or number; a great deal.
    Synonyms: load, mass, pile; see also Thesaurus:lot
    win the whole lot (of money); i.e. jackpot
    lots of people think so
** 1877, William Black, Green Pastures and Piccadilly, volume 2, page 4:He wrote to her […] he might be detained in London by a lot of business.
** 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 52:I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out.
* A separate, appropriated portion; a quantized, subdivided set consisting a whole.
    Synonyms: batch, collection, group, set
    a lot of stationery
    The Lord divided the land to the tribes, each according to his lot.
* One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
* (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
    Synonyms: crowd, gang, group
    a sorry lot
    a bad lot
    you lot
* A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
    Synonyms: allotment, parcel, plot
    a building lot in a city
** 1820, James Kent, edited by William Johnson, Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of Chancery of New-York‎, volume 5, published 1822:The defendants leased a house and lot, in the City of New-York
* That which happens without human design or forethought.
    Synonyms: chance, accident, destiny, fate, fortune; see also Thesaurus:fate
** 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book), Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 1:But save my life, which lot before your foot doth lay.
* Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
    to cast lots
    to draw lots
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 16:33:The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.
** c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:If we draw lots, he speeds.
* The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
** 1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's / Enough to bear.
** 1725, Homer, “Book III”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:He was but born to try / The lot of man — to suffer and to die.
** 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter II, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book III:[…] as Jones alone was discovered, the poor lad bore not only the whole smart, but the whole blame; both which fell again to his lot on the following occasion.
** 1977, C-3PO, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope:We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.
* A prize in a lottery.
    Synonym: prize
** 1694 November 22 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for November 12 1694]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:In the lottery […] Sir R. Haddock one of the Commissrs of the Navy had the greatest lot, £3000 ; my coachman £ 40
* Allotment; lottery.
** 1990: Donald Kagan, Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy, chapter 2: “Politician”, page 40 (Guild Publishing; CN 2239)
    Archons served only for one year and, since 487/6, they were chosen by lot. Generals, on the other hand, were chosen by direct election and could be reelected without limit.
* (definite, the lot) All members of a set; everything.
    The table was loaded with food, but by evening there was nothing but crumbs; we had eaten the lot.
    If I were in charge, I'd fire the lot of them.
* (historical) An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.

#### Derived terms

* across lots
* a fat lot
* all over the lot
* a lot
* a lot of bit
* bad lot
* board lot
* car lot
* cast in one's lot with
* cast one's lot with
* cellphone lot
* cell phone lot
* crook in the lot
* cross lots
* distribution lot
* do a lot of work
* draw lots
* drop lot
* fall to someone's lot
* fat lot of good
* flag lot
* glass parking lot
* have a lot of time
* have a lot of time for
* home lot
* it takes a lot of living to make a house a home
* job lot
* leave a lot to be desired
* lot-cloth split
* lot lizard
* lot mead
* lot number
* lottery
* odd lot
* parking lot
* round lot
* scot and lot
* tax lot
* thanks a lot
* that's your lot
* throw in one's lot with
* tot lot
* vacant lot
* water lot
* wood lot
* you lot

#### Translations
### Verb

lot (third-person singular simple present lots, present participle lotting, simple past and past participle lotted)
* (transitive, dated) To allot; to sort; to apportion.
** 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:Sometimes the contractor would lot the work out to some sub-contractor, and he, after the men had worked for a month, would run away, and we should never see the colour of his money.
* (US, informal, dated) To count or reckon (on or upon).

### Anagrams

* LTO, OTL, tol, tol'

## Albanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lā(i)ta, and adjective in *-to-, from Proto-Indo-European *lēy- (“to pour”).

### Noun

lot m (plural lot, definite loti, definite plural lotët)
* tear (from the eye)
    Gjak, djersë dhe lot — Blood, sweat and tears

#### Derived terms

* losh
* loc
* loçkë
* loke

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lot”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 231

## Balinese
### Romanization

lot
* Romanization of ᬮᭀᬢ᭄

## Chinese
### Alternative forms

* log

### Etymology

From English lot.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): lot$^1$ / lok$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lot$^1$ / lok$^1$
*** Yale: lōt / lōk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lot$^7$ / lok$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lod$^1$ / log$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɔːt̚⁵/, /lɔːk̚⁵/

### Classifier

lot
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for large quantity of objects or people.
    一lot過／一lot过 [Cantonese] ― jat$^1$ lot$^1$ gwo$^3$ [Jyutping] ― in a large batch
** 2015, 湖同, “屋主愛貓一屋腳印 藍澄灣玩黑”, in 《港股策略王》, number 23, 睇樓策略王2手篇, page 36:
       wai$^6$ zo$^2$ cyun$^4$ lik$^6$ ceoi$^1$ guk$^1$ zeoi$^3$ naan$^4$ maai$^6$ ge$^3$ saam$^1$ fong$^{4-2}$, zau$^6$ jyu$^6$ lau$^4$ zo$^2$ seng$^4$ lot$^1$ fo$^3$ bei$^2$ zi$^3$ laam$^4$ tin$^1$ wui$^4$ lau$^4$ haak$^3$ gaan$^2$. [Jyutping]
       To encourage the sales of three-roomers, which are the most difficult to sell, [they] reserved an entire batch of products (flats) for customers who returned after [the sales of] Hemera.
** 2016, 于日辰, 倫敦金之《潛龍勿用》 [Lon Don Gold 2], Hong Kong: 點子出版, →ISBN, page 193:
       ni$^1$ lot$^1$ fo$^3$ zou$^6$ seng$^4$ gam$^2$ sat$^6$ bei$^2$ jan$^4$ cou$^4$ dou$^3$ lat$^1$ fu$^3$ wo$^3$ [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch and Old Dutch lot, from Frankish *hlot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɔt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: lot
* Rhymes: -ɔt

### Noun

lot n (plural loten, diminutive lootje n or lotje n)
* destiny, fate, lot
    Hij geloofde sterk in het lot en dacht dat alles voorbestemd was.He strongly believed in destiny and thought that everything was predetermined.
    Het was haar lot om een ​​belangrijke rol te spelen in het succes van het bedrijf.It was her fate to play a significant role in the success of the company.
    Ze accepteerde haar lot en ging verder met haar leven na de tegenslagen.She accepted her lot and moved on with her life after the setbacks.
* lottery ticket
    Hij kocht een lot voor de grote loterij die dat weekend zou plaatsvinden.He bought a lottery ticket for the big lottery that would take place that weekend.
    De winnaar van het grote geldbedrag was de gelukkige houder van het winnende lot.The winner of the big cash prize was the lucky holder of the winning lottery ticket.
    Ze kraste de verborgen cijfers op het lot om te zien of ze een prijs had gewonnen.She scratched the hidden numbers on the lottery ticket to see if she had won a prize.
* (archaic) lot, allotment (that which has been apportioned to a party)

#### Related terms

* loten
* loterij

#### Descendants

* Negerhollands: loot, lot
* → Caribbean Javanese: lot
* → Indonesian: lot
** → Balinese: ᬮᭀᬢ᭄ (lot, “lottery”)
* → Papiamentu: lòt, lot

### Anagrams

* tol

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French lot, from Old French loz, los, from Frankish *lot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą. Cognate with English lot.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lo/
** Audio:(file)
** Audio (Paris):(file)
** Homophones: lods, los, lots
* (older, now chiefly Belgium) IPA: /lɔ/
** Homophone: lots

### Noun

lot m (plural lots)
* share (of inheritance)
* plot (of land)
* batch (of goods for sale)
* lot (at auction)
* prize (in lottery)
* lot, fate
* (slang) babe

#### Derived terms

* gros lot
* lot de consolation
* sortir du lot

### Further reading

* “lot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

lot
* singular imperative of loten

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch lot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɔt]
* Hyphenation: lot

### Noun

lot (plural lot-lot)
* lot,
** (manufacturing) a separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
** (colloquial) lottery
    Synonyms: lotre, undian
** (finance) allotment

#### Descendants

* → Balinese: ᬮᭀᬢ᭄ (lot, “lottery”)

### Further reading

* “lot” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Irish
### Noun

lot m (genitive singular as substantive loit, genitive as verbal noun loite, nominative plural loit)
* verbal noun of loit
* injury, impairment
* destruction, defacement, mutilation

#### Declension

As a substantive:
bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
lot
loit
vocative
a loit
a lota
genitive
loit
lot
dative
lot
loit
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an lot
na loit
genitive
an loit
na lot
dative
leis an lot don lot
leis na loit :
As a verbal noun:
bare forms
case
singular
nominative
lot
vocative
a lot
genitive
loite
dative
lot
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an lot
genitive
an loite
dative
leis an lot don lot :

#### Derived terms

* lotamas

### Verb

lot (present analytic lotann, future analytic lotfaidh, verbal noun lot, past participle lota)
* Alternative form of loit (“wound, destroy, spoil”)

#### Conjugation

| verbal noun | lot | lot | lot | lot | lot | lot | lot | lot |
| past participle | lota | lota | lota | lota | lota | lota | lota | lota |
| tense | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| tense | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative |||||||||
| present | lotaim | lotann tú; lotair$^†$ | lotann sé, sí | lotaimid | lotann sibh | lotann siad; lotaid$^†$ | a lotann; a lotas | lotar |
| past | lot mé; lotas | lot tú; lotais | lot sé, sí | lotamar; lot muid | lot sibh; lotabhair | lot siad; lotadar | a lot / ar lot* | lotadh |
| past habitual | lotainn | lotá | lotadh sé, sí | lotaimis; lotadh muid | lotadh sibh | lotaidís; lotadh siad | a lotadh / a lotadh* | lotaí |
| future | lotfaidh mé; lotfad | lotfaidh tú; lotfair$^†$ | lotfaidh sé, sí | lotfaimid; lotfaidh muid | lotfaidh sibh | lotfaidh siad; lotfaid$^†$ | a lotfaidh; a lotfas | lotfar |
| conditional | lotfainn | lotfá | lotfadh sé, sí | lotfaimis; lotfadh muid | lotfadh sibh | lotfaidís; lotfadh siad | a lotfadh / a lotfadh* | lotfaí |
| subjunctive |||||||||
| present | go lota mé; go lotad$^†$ | go lota tú; go lotair$^†$ | go lota sé, sí | go lotaimid; go lota muid | go lota sibh | go lota siad; go lotaid$^†$ | — | go lotar |
| past | dá lotainn | dá lotá | dá lotadh sé, sí | dá lotaimis; dá lotadh muid | dá lotadh sibh | dá lotaidís; dá lotadh siad | — | dá lotaí |
| imperative |||||||||
| – | lotaim | lot | lotadh sé, sí | lotaimis | lotaigí; lotaidh$^†$ | lotaidís | — | lotar |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form

## Kamkata-viri
### Alternative forms

* lod (Western Kata-viri)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Bactrian λαδο (lado, “law”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlot/

### Noun

lot (Eastern Kata-viri, Kamviri)
* peace
* settlement

#### Derived terms

* alot (“unfair”) (Kamviri)
* āmři lot (“peace settlement in adultery cases”) (Kamviri)
* lader (“mediator”)
* lot karōlë (“peacemaker”) (Kamviri)
* palot je- (“to sit in arbitration”) (Kamviri)
* špā lot (“law enacted by townsmen”) (Kamviri)

### References

* ↑ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “l′ot”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎
* Jakob Halfmann (2023) Lād "law": a Bactrian loanword in the Nuristani languages, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, United Kingdom, page 1

## Lombard
### Alternative forms

* lòtt (Classical Milanese Orthography)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɔt/ (Milanese)

### Noun

lot m
* lotus

## Norman
### Etymology

From Frankish *lot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.

### Noun

lot m (plural lots)
* (Guernsey) lot (at auction)

## Northern Kurdish
### Noun

lot ?
* jump

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Verb

lot
* simple past of la (Etymology 1)
* simple past of late

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Doublet of lwat.

### Adjective

lot
* persistent, untiring, tenacious, steadfast

### Adverb

lot
* persistently, untiringly, tenaciously, steadfastly
* continuously

### Derived terms

* alot
* kinalotakĕn
* lot ati
* lot sarya
* tan lot

### Further reading

* "lot" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *letъ. By surface analysis, deverbal of lecieć. First attested in 1548–1551.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɔt/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈlɔt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔt
* Syllabification: lot

### Noun

lot m inan
* flight (act of flying)
    Synonyms: latanie, fruwanie
* flight (instance of flying)
* flight (trip made by an aircraft)
* (Middle Polish) flight (fast movement)
* (Middle Polish) flight (fast spreading)

#### Derived terms

* lotny
* niskich lotów
* wysokich lotów
* w locie
* w lot
* z lotu ptaka
* bezlotek
* lot godowy
* lot koszący
* lot nurkowy
* lotem błyskawicy
* lotka
* lotnia
* lotniczka
* lotnik
* lotnisko
* lotniskowiec
* loty narciarskie
* obniżyć loty pf, obniżać loty impf

#### Related terms

* lotniczy
* lotniskowy
* nielotny
* lotniczo
* lotnie
* latawica
* latawiec
* nalot
* odlot
* podlotek
* polatucha
* przelot
* przylot
* ulotka
* wlot
* wylot
* zlot
* lecieć impf, latać impf

### Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), lot is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 59 times in scientific texts, 21 times in news, 4 times in essays, 10 times in fiction, and 8 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 102 times, making it the 618th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

### References

* ↑ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “lot”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
* ↑ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “lecieć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
* ↑ Mańczak, Witold (2017) “lot”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
* ↑ Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “lot”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
* ↑ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “lot”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* ↑ Ida Kurcz (1990) “lot”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 222

### Further reading

* lot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* lot in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Renata Bronikowska (21.04.2016) “LOT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “lot”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “lot”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “lot”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 765

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French lot.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lot/

### Noun

lot n (plural loturi)
* plot (of land)
* batch (of goods for sale)
* lot (at auction)
* national sports team
* (dated) lottery ticket

#### Declension
### References

* lot in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology 1

From Old Irish lott, from Proto-Celtic *lottô, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁ (“to cut off, separate, free”), see also Latin luō (“expiate, pay”), Sanskrit लून (lūna, “sever, cut forth, destroy, annihilate”), English loose, Old Armenian լուծանեմ (lucanem) and Albanian lirë. Stokes prefers a comparison with Proto-Germanic *lutōną (“to conceal, hide”), *lūtaną (“to bow down”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /l̪ˠɔht̪/

#### Noun

lot m (genitive singular lota, plural lotan)
* sore, wound
* sting
* verbal noun of lot

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish loittid, for further see Etymology 1.

#### Verb

lot (past lot, future lotaidh, verbal noun lot or lotadh)
* wound
* bruise
* hurt

### Etymology 3

From English lot.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɔht/ (with alveolar /t/, as it is an English borrowing)

#### Noun

lot f (genitive singular lota, plural lotaichean)
* (chiefly Lewis, Wester Ross) croft
* allotment, lot

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lott”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “lot”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “loittid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

## Tatar
### Noun

lot
* A unit of weight: 1 lot = 3 mısqal = 12.797 g (archaic) (see Tatar units of measurement#Mass)

#### Declension
## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian hlot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.

### Noun

lot n (plural lotten, diminutive lotsje)
* lottery ticket
* fate, destiny

#### Further reading

* “lot (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011