leis

English

Noun

leis

1. Plural form of lei.

Anagrams

• isle
• lies
• Lise
• sile, Sile

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [lʲɛʃ]

Preposition

leis

1. with

Usage notes

Used before the definite article:

• leis an mbuachaill – "with the boy"
• leis na cailíní – "with the girls"

Alternative forms

• le (not used with the definite article)

Pronoun

leis

1. 3d person sing. masculine of le

   with him, with it m.

Derived terms

• leis-san (emphatic)

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Old Provençal

Alternative forms

• lieis
• lieys

Pronoun

leis

1. emphatic oblique form of ela: her
   • c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, canso:

     Quar senes lieys non puesc viure [...].

     For without her I cannot live.

   • c. 1160, Raimbaut d'Aurenga, vers:

     Qu'ilh val tant e m'es tan coraus, / Que ja de lieis no·m venra maus.

     For she is worth so much and is such a part of my heart that no ill will ever come to me from her.

Declension

Old Provençal 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
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

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Scots

Noun

leis

1. (South Scots) lies

Verb

leis

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ti lei.

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA: [leʃ]

Preposition

leis

1. Alternative form of le.

Usage notes

• This is the form is used before the definite article.

Pronoun

leis

1. with him, by him
2. with it, by it

Derived terms

• leis-san

See also

• leatha
• prepositional pronoun