leas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "leas"

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

leas

1. plural of lea

Anagrams

• ASLE, Ales, ELAS, Elsa, LAEs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, Sela, aels, ales, lase, sale, seal, sela

Galician

Verb

leas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of ler
2. second-person singular present indicative of lear

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish less (“benefit, profit”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /lʲasˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲasˠ/, (Cois Fharraige) [l̠ʲæːsˠ]

Noun

leas m (genitive singular leasa)

1. interest
2. welfare, well-being
3. benefit

Declension

Declension of leas (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative leas vocative a leas genitive leasa dative leas forms with the definite article singular nominative an leas genitive an leasa dative leis an leas don leas

Synonyms

• (interest): sainleas
• (benefit): sochar, tairbhe, buntáiste

Derived terms

• aimhleas (“harm”)
• féinleas (“self-interest”)
• leasaigh (“to amend”)
• leasmhar (“interested”)
• sainleas

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “leas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 644; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “leas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Latin

Noun

leās

1. accusative plural of lea

Middle English

Adverb

leas

1. alternative form of lesse

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læ͜ɑːs/
• Rhymes: -æ͜ɑːs

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *laus (“loose, free, vacant”). Akin to Old Norse lauss, German los (“loose, free”). More at -less, loose.

Adjective

lēas (comparative lēasra, superlative lēasost)

1. false
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Þā besēah Martinus wið þǣs sċeoccan lēoht, ġemyndiġ on mōde hū sē Metoda Drihten cwæð on his godspelle þe his godcundan tōcyme, and cwæð tō ðām lēasan mid ġelǣredum mūðe, "Ne sǣde ūre Hǣlend þæt hē swā wolde bēon mid purpuran gehīwod, oððe mid helme scīnende, þonne hē eft cōme mid engla ðrymme." Đā fordwān sē deofol drēoriġ him fram, and sēo stōw ðā stanc mid ormǣtum stenċe, æfter andwerdnysse þǣs eġeslīċan gāstes.

     Then Martinus beheld the demon's light, mindful of what the Lord God said in his gospel about his divine coming, and said to the false one with learned mouth, "Our Savior did not say that he would be habited in purple, or that he would have a shining crown, when he came again with a host of angels." Then the sad devil disappeared, and the place stank with a powerful stench after the presence of the horrible spirit.

2. devoid of, free from
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Ȳþde swā þisne eardġeard · ælda Sċyppend
     oþþæt burgwara · breahtma lēase
     eald enta ġeweorc · īdlu stōdon.

     Thus, Creator of men was destroying this world
     until works of old giants, lacking of
     citizens' noises, stood empty.

3. bereft of; without
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᛒ byþ blēda lēas...

     Birch is without fruit...

4. vain, worthless

Declension

Declension of lēas — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lēas	lēas	lēas
Accusative	lēasne	lēase	lēas
Genitive	lēases	lēasre	lēases
Dative	lēasum	lēasre	lēasum
Instrumental	lēase	lēasre	lēase
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lēase	lēasa, lēase	lēas
Accusative	lēase	lēasa, lēase	lēas
Genitive	lēasra	lēasra	lēasra
Dative	lēasum	lēasum	lēasum
Instrumental	lēasum	lēasum	lēasum

Declension of lēas — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lēasa	lēase	lēase
Accusative	lēasan	lēasan	lēase
Genitive	lēasan	lēasan	lēasan
Dative	lēasan	lēasan	lēasan
Instrumental	lēasan	lēasan	lēasan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lēasan	lēasan	lēasan
Accusative	lēasan	lēasan	lēasan
Genitive	lēasra, lēasena	lēasra, lēasena	lēasra, lēasena
Dative	lēasum	lēasum	lēasum
Instrumental	lēasum	lēasum	lēasum

Derived terms

• ġelēas
• lēasnes

Related terms

• ġelēast

Noun

lēas n

1. falsehood, lie
2. mistake

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	lēas	lēas
accusative	lēas	lēas
genitive	lēases	lēasa
dative	lēase	lēasum

Derived terms

• lēasian (“to lie”)
• lēasettan (“to pretend”)
• lēasere
• lēascræft (“deceit, art of lying”)
• lēaslīċ

Descendants

• English: -less, lease, leasing

Etymology 2

see lēah.

Noun

lēas

1. plural of lēah

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish less (“benefit, profit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʎes/

Noun

leas m

1. benefit, advantage

   cha leig thu leas a bhith a' gàireachdainn ― you don't have to laugh; it wouldn't benefit you to laugh

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleas/ [ˈle.as]
• Rhymes: -eas
• Syllabification: le‧as

Verb

leas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of leer