leis

See also: léis and -leis

English

Pronunciation

Noun

leisCategory:English non-lemma forms#LEISCategory:English noun forms#LEISCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LEISCategory:Pages with entries#LEISCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LEIS

  1. plural of lei

Anagrams

Galician

Noun

leis f plCategory:Galician non-lemma forms#LEISCategory:Galician noun forms#LEISCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#LEISCategory:Pages with entries#LEISCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LEIS

  1. plural of lei

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

leis (strong nominative masculine singular leiser, comparative leiser, superlative am leisesten)Category:German lemmas#LEISCategory:German adjectives#LEISCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#LEISCategory:Pages with entries#LEISCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LEIS

  1. (colloquialCategory:German colloquialisms#LEIS, poeticCategory:German poetic terms#LEIS) alternative form of leise

Further reading

  • “leis” in Duden online

Irish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Preposition

leis (plus dative, triggers no mutation)Category:Irish lemmas#LEISCategory:Irish prepositions#LEISCategory:Irish prepositions governing the dative#LEISCategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#LEISCategory:Pages with entries#LEISCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LEIS

  1. form of le (“with”) used before the definite article
    leis an mbuachaill ― with the boyCategory:Irish terms with usage examples#LEIS
    leis na cailíní ― with the girlsCategory:Irish terms with usage examples#LEIS
Alternative forms

Pronoun

leis (emphatic leis-sean)Category:Irish non-lemma forms#LEISCategory:Irish prepositional pronouns#LEISCategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#LEISCategory:Pages with entries#LEISCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LEIS

  1. third-person singular masculine of le
    D’oibrigh mé leis.
    I worked with him; I worked with it.
    Category:Irish terms with usage examples#LEIS

Adverb

leisCategory:Irish lemmas#LEISCategory:Irish adverbs#LEISCategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#LEISCategory:Pages with entries#LEISCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LEIS

  1. also
  2. (with negative) too, either
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Old IrishCategory:Irish terms inherited from Old Irish#LEISCategory:Irish terms derived from Old Irish#LEIS les (“buttock, hip, haunch; buttocks, posterior”).

Pronunciation

Noun

leis f (genitive singular leise, nominative plural leasracha)Category:Irish lemmas#LEISCategory:Irish nouns#LEISCategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#LEISCategory:Irish feminine nouns#LEISCategory:Pages with entries#LEISCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LEIS

  1. thigh
  2. (cookingCategory:ga:Cooking#LEIS) leg, haunch
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • leisíneach (“person with game leg; person with limping gait; tardy person”)
  • leisíneacht (“limping gait; tardiness”)

Etymology 3

From Old IrishCategory:Irish terms inherited from Old Irish#LEISCategory:Irish terms derived from Old Irish#LEIS leis (“uncovered, bare”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

leisCategory:Irish lemmas#LEISCategory:Irish adverbs#LEISCategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#LEISCategory:Pages with entries#LEISCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LEIS

  1. uncovered, exposed

References

  1. ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Erster Band: Grammatik [First volume: Grammar], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196
  2. ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977), Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 308, page 143
  3. ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 194
Category:ga:Legs#LEIS

Middle English

Verb

leisCategory:Middle English alternative forms#LEISCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#LEISCategory:Pages with entries#LEISCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LEIS

  1. (Early ScotsCategory:Early Scots#LEIS) alternative form of lesen (“to lose”)

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Pronoun

leisCategory:Old Occitan lemmas#LEISCategory:Old Occitan pronouns#LEISCategory:Old Occitan entries with incorrect language header#LEISCategory:Pages with entries#LEISCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LEIS

  1. emphatic oblique of ela: her

Declension

Old Occitan personal pronouns and clitics
nominative oblique possessive
(nom.
obl.)
direct object indirect object emphatic
singular
1st person eu, ieu
ie (before enclitic)		 me, mi
m', ·m		 meus
meu
2nd person tu te, ti
·t		 teus
teu
3rd person masculine el lo li
l', lh', ·l, ·lh		 lui seus
seu
3rd person feminine ela la li
l', lh', ·l, ·lh		 lei, leis seus
seu
3rd person reflexive — se, si
s', ·s, ·is		 se, si
s', ·s, ·is		 —? seus
seu
plural
1st person nos
·ns		 nos
·ns		 nostre
2nd person vos
·us		 vos
·us, ·eus		 vostre
3rd person masculine il los els (after preposition) lor lor, lur
3rd person feminine elas las elas (after preposition) lor lor, lur
3rd person reflexive — se, si
s', ·s, ·is		 se, si
s', ·s, ·is		 —? seus
seu

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: leis

Noun

leisCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#LEISCategory:Portuguese noun forms#LEISCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#LEISCategory:Pages with entries#LEISCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LEIS

  1. plural of lei

Scots

Noun

leisCategory:Scots non-lemma forms#LEISCategory:Scots noun forms#LEISCategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#LEISCategory:Pages with entries#LEISCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LEIS

  1. (Southern ScotsCategory:Southern Scots#LEIS) lies

Verb

leisCategory:Scots non-lemma forms#LEISCategory:Scots verb forms#LEISCategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#LEISCategory:Pages with entries#LEISCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LEIS

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of lei

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old IrishCategory:Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish#LEISCategory:Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish#LEIS leiss. Cognates include Irish leis and Manx lesh.

Pronunciation

Preposition

leis (+ dative)Category:Scottish Gaelic lemmas#LEISCategory:Scottish Gaelic prepositions#LEISCategory:Scottish Gaelic prepositions governing the dative#LEISCategory:Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header#LEISCategory:Pages with entries#LEISCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LEIS

  1. Form of le used before a definite article.

Pronoun

leis (emphatic leis-san)Category:Scottish Gaelic non-lemma forms#LEISCategory:Scottish Gaelic prepositional pronouns#LEISCategory:Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header#LEISCategory:Pages with entries#LEISCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LEIS

  1. third-person singular masculine of le: with him; by him

Inflection

Personal inflection of le
Person: simple emphatic
singular first leam leamsa
second leat leatsa
third m leis leis-san
f leatha leathase
plural first leinn leinne
second leibh leibhse
third leotha leothasan

References

Category:Early Scots Category:English 1-syllable words Category:English non-lemma forms Category:English noun forms Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation Category:English terms with homophones Category:Galician non-lemma forms Category:Galician noun forms Category:German 1-syllable words Category:German adjectives Category:German colloquialisms Category:German lemmas Category:German poetic terms Category:German terms with IPA pronunciation Category:German terms with audio pronunciation Category:Irish adverbs Category:Irish feminine nouns Category:Irish lemmas Category:Irish non-lemma forms Category:Irish nouns Category:Irish prepositional pronouns Category:Irish prepositions Category:Irish prepositions governing the dative Category:Irish second-declension nouns Category:Irish terms derived from Old Irish Category:Irish terms inherited from Old Irish Category:Irish terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Irish terms with usage examples Category:Middle English alternative forms Category:Old Occitan lemmas Category:Old Occitan pronouns Category:Old Occitan terms with quotations Category:Pages with 9 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Portuguese 1-syllable words Category:Portuguese non-lemma forms Category:Portuguese noun forms Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Rhymes:English/eɪz Category:Rhymes:English/eɪz/1 syllable Category:Rhymes:German/aɪ̯s Category:Rhymes:German/aɪ̯s/1 syllable Category:Scots non-lemma forms Category:Scots noun forms Category:Scots verb forms Category:Scottish Gaelic lemmas Category:Scottish Gaelic non-lemma forms Category:Scottish Gaelic prepositional pronouns Category:Scottish Gaelic prepositions Category:Scottish Gaelic prepositions governing the dative Category:Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish Category:Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish Category:Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Southern Scots Category:ga:Cooking Category:ga:Legs