leis
English
Pronunciation
Noun
leis
Anagrams
Galician
Noun
leis f pl
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
leis (comparative leiser, superlative am leisesten)
- (colloquial, poetic) Alternative form of leise
Further reading
- “leis” in Duden online
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish les (“buttock, hip, haunch; buttocks, posterior”).
Pronunciation
Noun
leis f (genitive singular leise, nominative plural leasracha)
Declension
Declension of leis
Synonyms
- ceathrú f
Derived terms
- leisíneach (“person with game leg; person with limping gait; tardy person”)
- leisíneacht (“limping gait; tardiness”)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Preposition
leis (plus dative, triggers no mutation)
- form of le (“with”) used before the definite article
- leis an mbuachaill ― with the boy
- leis na cailíní ― with the girls
Alternative forms
Pronoun
leis (emphatic leis-sean)
- third-person singular masculine of le
- D’oibrigh mé leis.
- I worked with him; I worked with it.
Adverb
leis
Synonyms
- (also): chomh maith, fosta, freisin
Etymology 3
From Old Irish leis (“uncovered, bare”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
leis
References
- (prepositional pronoun): Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196
- (prepositional pronoun): de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 308
Old Occitan
Alternative forms
Pronoun
leis
- emphatic oblique of ela: her
- c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, canso:
- Quar senes lieys non puesc viure [...].
- For without her I cannot live.
- Quar senes lieys non puesc viure [...].
- 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.
- c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, canso:
Declension
Old Occitan 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 |
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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 |
Portuguese
Noun
leis
Scots
Noun
leis
Verb
leis
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of lei
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Preposition
leis
- Alternative form of le
Usage notes
- This is the form is used before the definite article.
Pronoun
leis
Derived terms
See also
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