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

• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲasˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲæsˠ/

Noun

leas m (genitive singular leasa)

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

Declension

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• féinleas (“self-interest”)
• leasaigh (“to amend, reform, improve; to cure, preserve, dress, curry; to dress, manure, fertilize”)
• leasmhar (“interested”)

Latin

Noun

leās

1. accusative plural of lea

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læ͜ɑːs/

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
2. devoid of, free from
3. bereft of; without
4. vain, worthless

Declension

Noun

lēas n

1. falsehood, lie
2. mistake

Declension

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

leas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of leer