lés

See also: Appendix:Variations of "les"

French

Noun

lés m

1. plural of lé

Anagrams

• sel

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l͈ʲeːs/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ɸlenstus; compare Latin splendeō, Tocharian A plāntā- (“rejoice”).. Alternatively, borrowed from Old Norse ljós.

Noun

lés m

1. light, radiance
2. daylight
3. illumination (of the mind)

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	lés	lésL	lésaeH
Vocative	lés	lésL	lésu
Accusative	lésN	lésL	lésu
Genitive	lésoH, lésaH	lésoL, lésaL	lésaeN
Dative	lésL	lésaib	lésaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• dolus
• solus

Descendants

• Middle Irish: lés, lóess
  • Irish: léas, leos

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

lés m

1. bag
2. bladder

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	lés	lésL	lésae
Vocative	lés	lésL	lésu
Accusative	lésN	lésL	lésu
Genitive	lésoH, lésaH	léso, lésa	lésaeN
Dative	lésL	lésaib	lésaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 lés”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
lés also llés after a proclitic ending in a vowel	lés pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ(j)s/ [ˈlɛ(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ(j)s/ [ˈlɛ(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ(j)ʃ/ [ˈlɛ(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛʃ/

• Hyphenation: lés

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French lez, from Latin latus. Doublet of lado.

Particle

lés

1. Used in the adverbial phrase de lés a lés.

Etymology 2

From leste

Noun

lés m (plural leses)

1. east (one of the four principal compass points)