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English
Pronunciation
Noun
leis
- plural of lei
Anagrams
- %iles, Elis, Iles, Isle, Lise, Sile, iles, isle, lies, sile, slie
Galician
Noun
leis f pl
- plural of lei
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
leis (strong nominative masculine singular leiser, comparative leiser, superlative am leisesten)
- (colloquial, poetic) Alternative form of leise
Further reading
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish les (“buttock, hip, haunch; buttocks, posterior”).
Pronunciation
Noun
leis f (genitive singular leise, nominative plural leasracha)
- (anatomy) thigh
- (cooking) leg, haunch
Declension
Synonyms
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
- also
- (with negative) too, either
Synonyms
Etymology 3
From Old Irish leis (“uncovered, bare”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
leis
- uncovered, exposed
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.
- 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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Old Occitan personal pronouns and clitics
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nominative
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oblique
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possessive
(nom.
obl.)
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| direct object
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indirect object
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emphatic
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| singular
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| 1st person
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eu, ieu
ie (before enclitic)
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me, mi
m', ·m
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meus
meu
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| 2nd person
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tu
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te, ti
·t
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teus
teu
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| 3rd person masculine
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el
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lo
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li
l', lh', ·l, ·lh
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lui
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seus
seu
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| 3rd person feminine
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ela
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la
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li
l', lh', ·l, ·lh
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lei, leis
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seus
seu
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| 3rd person reflexive
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se, si
s', ·s, ·is
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se, si
s', ·s, ·is
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| plural
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| 1st person
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nos
·ns
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nos
·ns
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nostre
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| 2nd person
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vos
·us
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vos
·us, ·eus
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vostre
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| 3rd person masculine
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il
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los
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els (after preposition)
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lor
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lor, lur
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| 3rd person feminine
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elas
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las
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elas (after preposition)
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lor
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lor, lur
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| 3rd person reflexive
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se, si
s', ·s, ·is
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se, si
s', ·s, ·is
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
leis
- plural of lei
Scots
Noun
leis
- (South Scots) lies
Verb
leis
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of lei
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish leiss. Cognates include Irish leis and Manx lesh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛʃ/
- Hyphenation: leis
Preposition
leis (+ dative)
- Form of le used before a definite article.
Pronoun
leis
- third-person singular masculine of le: with him; by him
Inflection
References
- Colin Mark (2003) The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 382