læs
Danish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Danish las, læs, from Old Norse hlass n, from Proto-Germanic *hlassą (“load”), cognate with Norwegian lass, Swedish lass. The Danish form has taken over the vowel from the verb læsse. The Germanic noun is derived from the verb *hlaþaną (“to load”), hence Old Norse hlaða (“to stack”), Danish lade.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
læs n (singular definite læsset, plural indefinite læs)
Declension[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
læs
- imperative of læse
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
læs
- imperative of læsse
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See lesa (“to read”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
læs (comparative læsari, superlative læsastur)
- literate (able to read)
- insightful, perceptive
Inflection[edit]
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | læsari | læsari | læsara |
accusative | læsari | læsari | læsara |
dative | læsari | læsari | læsara |
genitive | læsari | læsari | læsara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | læsari | læsari | læsari |
accusative | læsari | læsari | læsari |
dative | læsari | læsari | læsari |
genitive | læsari | læsari | læsari |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | læsastur | læsust | læsast |
accusative | læsastan | læsasta | læsast |
dative | læsustum | læsastri | læsustu |
genitive | læsasts | læsastrar | læsasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | læsastir | læsastar | læsust |
accusative | læsasta | læsastar | læsust |
dative | læsustum | læsustum | læsustum |
genitive | læsastra | læsastra | læsastra |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | læsasti | læsasta | læsasta |
accusative | læsasta | læsustu | læsasta |
dative | læsasta | læsustu | læsasta |
genitive | læsasta | læsustu | læsasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | læsustu | læsustu | læsustu |
accusative | læsustu | læsustu | læsustu |
dative | læsustu | læsustu | læsustu |
genitive | læsustu | læsustu | læsustu |
Anagrams[edit]
Old English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *lāsu.
Noun[edit]
lǣs f
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”), from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, become small, be gentle”); see also Old Frisian lēs (“less”), Old Saxon lēs (“less”).
Adverb[edit]
lǣs
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “less”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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