las

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /lɑːz/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːz

Noun[edit]

las

  1. plural of la

Anagrams[edit]

Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin illas (those ones).

Pronoun[edit]

las

  1. them (feminine direct object)

Aromanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin laxō.

Verb[edit]

las first-singular present indicative

  1. Alternative form of alas

Related terms[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Latinizing modification of the popular form llas, from Old Catalan las, from Latin lassus.

Alternative forms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

las (feminine lassa, masculine plural lassos, feminine plural lasses)

  1. weary, tired
Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “las” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

las

  1. plural of la

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German las (patch, scrap).

Noun[edit]

las c (singular definite lasen, plural indefinite laser)

  1. rag
  2. shred

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

las c (plural lassen, diminutive lasje n)

  1. joint, weld

Descendants[edit]

  • Indonesian: las

Verb[edit]

las

  1. singular past indicative of lezen
  2. inflection of lassen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams[edit]

Estonian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

las

  1. second-person singular imperative of laskma
    Las ma söön.
    Let me eat.

Usage notes[edit]

lase governs the adessive (verb in the infinitive), las governs the nominative (verb in corresponding person, in the present).

Faroese[edit]

Verb[edit]

las

  1. first-person plural past indicative of lesa
  2. third-person plural past indicative of lesa

French[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old French las, from Latin lassus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

las (feminine lasse, masculine plural las, feminine plural lasses)

  1. weary, tired
    Synonyms: épuisé, fatigué
    • 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis[1]:
      La solitude me pèse. J’aimerais à avoir un ami, un véritable ami, ou bien une maîtresse à qui je confierais mes peines. Quand on erre, toute une journée, sans parler, on se sent las, le soir dans sa chambre.
      Loneliness weighs heavily on me. I would like to have a friend, a true friend, or a lover to whom I could confide my sorrow. When one wanders all day without speaking to anybody, one feels weary in one's bedroom at night.
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Clipping of hélas.

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

las

  1. (dated) alas
    Synonym: hélas

Further reading[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

Pronoun[edit]

las f pl (feminine plural las, masculine singular lo, masculine plural los)

  1. Alternative form of la (the, feminine plural)
Usage notes[edit]

The l- forms of article are compulsorily used after the preposition por and adverb u. It is optional when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, after unstressed pronouns nos, vos and lles (when they are enclitc) of ambos, entrambos, todos, tras and copulative conjunction (e mais and tonic pronouns vós and nós followed by a numerical precision).

Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

las f pl (accusative)

  1. Alternative form of la (them, feminine plural)
Usage notes[edit]

The l- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, and are suffixed to the preceding word.

Related terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

las m pl

  1. plural of la

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

las

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of lesen

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

las

  1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐍃

Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch las (welding, joint).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈlas]
  • Hyphenation: las

Noun[edit]

las (first-person possessive lasku, second-person possessive lasmu, third-person possessive lasnya)

  1. weld.

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

las (present analytic lasann, future analytic lasfaidh, verbal noun lasadh, past participle lasta)

  1. (transitive) to light (start (a fire); illuminate)
  2. (intransitive) to blaze (shine like a flame)

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 13

Further reading[edit]

Kashubian[edit]

Kashubian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia csb

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlas/
  • Syllabification: las

Noun[edit]

las m inan (diminutive lôsk, related adjective lasowi or lasny)

  1. forest, woods (dense uncultivated tract of trees)

Derived terms[edit]

nouns

Related terms[edit]

adjectives
nouns

Further reading[edit]

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893), “las”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego, page 90
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994), “las”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski, volume 1-2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “las”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • las”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Ladino[edit]

Article[edit]

las (singular la, masculine los, Hebrew spelling לאס)

  1. the (feminine plural)

Louisiana Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from French lasse (weary, tired).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

las

  1. tired
    Synonyms: dormétik, épwizé, fatigé, fourbu, harasé

Masurian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish las.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈlas]
  • Syllabification: las

Noun[edit]

las m inan (diminutive lasek or laszik)

  1. forest, woods (dense uncultivated tract of trees)
    Synonym: bór

Further reading[edit]

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021), “las”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 4, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 11-12

Middle Dutch[edit]

Verb[edit]

las

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative of lēsen

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old French las, from the verb lacier (to lace).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

las (plural lass)

  1. lace

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Mirandese[edit]

Article[edit]

las f pl (singular la, masculine l, masculine plural ls)

  1. the
    las bacas de l fazendeiro
    the cows of the farmer

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Verb[edit]

las

  1. past of lesa

Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin illās.

Pronunciation[edit]

Article[edit]

las (singular la, masculine lo, masculine plural los)

  1. the; feminine plural definite article

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See a las

Interjection[edit]

las !

  1. alas

Old Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin illās.

Article[edit]

las (singular la)

  1. the; feminine plural definite article

Descendants[edit]

Old Polish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lě̑sъ. First attested in the second half of the 13th century.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /lʲas/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /lʲas/

Noun[edit]

las m ? (diminutive lasek, related adjective leśny)

  1. forest, woods (dense uncultivated tract of trees)
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Latin-Polish-German Florian Psalter]‎[2], Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 49, 11:
      Moia sø wszistka zwerzøta lassow (omnes ferae silvarum)
      [Moja są wszystka źwierzęta lasow (omnes ferae silvarum)]
    • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 77r:
      Lucus walt silua nemus idem czyemny lasz
      [Lucus walt silua nemus idem ciemny las]
    • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 125v:
      Silua eyn walt lyąsz
      [Silua eyn walt las]

Derived terms[edit]

nouns

Related terms[edit]

nouns

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Phalura[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

las (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لس)

  1. it
  2. him
  3. her (dist acc)

Alternative forms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Polabian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

las m ?

  1. salmon

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
las

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish las.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

las m inan (diminutive lasek, related adjective leśny or lasowy)

  1. forest, woods (dense uncultivated tract of trees)
  2. forest (dense collection or amount)
  3. forest (large number or quantity of something that makes it difficult to orient oneself and act properly)

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

adjectives
adverbs
nouns
proverbs
verbs
verbs

Related terms[edit]

adjectives
nouns

Trivia[edit]

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), las is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 24 times in scientific texts, 9 times in news, 3 times in essays, 48 times in fiction, and 25 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 109 times, making it the 566th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “las”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 212

Further reading[edit]

  • las in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • las in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • las”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2023
  • LAS”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 19.12.2018
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “las”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “las”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “las”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 686
  • las in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Pronoun[edit]

las

  1. Alternative form of as (third-person feminine plural objective pronoun) used as an enclitic and mesoclitic following a verb form ending in a consonant (-z, -r and -s, but not -m); the consonant is elided and the preceding vowel takes an accent if necessary

Romanian[edit]

Verb[edit]

las

  1. inflection of lăsa:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volsь.

Noun[edit]

las f (Cyrillic spelling лас)

  1. (Kajkavian) hair
    Synonym: vlas

Silesian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • les (Southern Silesian)

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish las.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlas/
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: las

Noun[edit]

las m inan (related adjective leśny)

  1. forest, woods (dense uncultivated tract of trees)
    Synonyms: (Cieszyn) dōmbrowa, gŏj

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • las in dykcjonorz.eu
  • las in silling.org

Slovene[edit]

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

Alternative forms[edit]

  • laſ (Bohorič alphabet)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *volsь. Compare with obsolete vlas.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lȃs m inan or f

  1. (anatomy) hair on top of head
  2. (obsolete, dialectal) hair (anywhere)[→SSKJ]
    • 2019 March 5, “Faun je ... Izvor in pomen besede "faun"”, in Punto Marinero[4]:
      Ta kratkodobna, prekrita z lasjo bitje je bila zelo priljubljena med prebivalci rimskih vasi.
      This short-lived being covered with hair was very popular between the inhabitants of Roman villages.
  3. nap, pile (The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile)
  4. (agriculture) corn silk

Usage notes[edit]

Unlike in English, the singular is reserved only for a single hair. For hair as a collection of many hairs, the plural is used. The feminine form is chiefly western dialects [→SSKJ] and is also commonly used as an uncountable noun (see quotation under sense 2).

Declension[edit]

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate), long mixed accent, ending -u in genitive singular, ending -je in nominative plural, null ending in genitive dual/plural, special endings in plural from former i-stem declension, special accent changes
nom. sing. lȃs
gen. sing. lasȗ
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik
lȃs lȃsa lasjẹ̑
genitive
rodȋlnik
lasȗ lás lás
dative
dajȃlnik
lȃsu, lȃsi lȃsoma, lȃsama lasẹ̑m
accusative
tožȋlnik
lȃs lȃsa lasẹ̑, lȃse+prep.
locative
mẹ̑stnik
lȃsu, lȃsi lasẹ́h lasẹ́h
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
lȃsom lȃsoma, lȃsama lasmí
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
lȃs lȃsa lasjẹ̑


First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate), fixed accent, special accent changes
nom. sing. lȃs
gen. sing. lȃsa
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik
lȃs lȃsa lási
genitive
rodȋlnik
lȃsa lás lás
dative
dajȃlnik
lȃsu, lȃsi lȃsoma, lȃsama lásom
accusative
tožȋlnik
lȃs lȃsa láse
locative
mẹ̑stnik
lȃsu, lȃsi lásih, lásah lásih, lásah
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
lȃsom lȃsoma, lȃsama lási
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
lȃs lȃsa lási



  • chiefly western dialects, often uncountable
Second feminine declension (i-stem), long mixed accent
nom. sing. lȃs
gen. sing. lasȋ
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik
lȃs lasȋ lasȋ
genitive
rodȋlnik
lasȋ lasī lasī
dative
dajȃlnik
lási lasẹ̄ma lasẹ̄m
accusative
tožȋlnik
lȃs lasȋ lasȋ
locative
mẹ̑stnik
lási lasẹ́h lasẹ́h
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
lasjọ́ lasẹ̄ma lasmí
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
lȃs lasȋ lasȋ

Synonyms[edit]

  • (sense 1)
  • (sense 2)

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • las”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • las”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /las/ [las]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: las

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

Article[edit]

las f pl

  1. the
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

las f pl

  1. accusative of ellas and ustedes (when referring to more than one woman); them, you all (formal)
  2. feminine plural pronoun
    las que no hablan
    those (women) who do not speak

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

las m pl

  1. plural of la

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective[edit]

las

  1. Soft mutation of glas.

Etymology 2[edit]

From English lace.

Noun[edit]

las f (plural lasau or lasiau or lasys, singulative lasen or lasyn)

  1. lace

Further reading[edit]

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “las”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies