leis

See also: léis and -leis

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /leɪz/
  • Rhymes: -eɪz
  • Homophone: lays

Noun

leis

  1. plural of lei

Anagrams

Galician

Noun

leis f pl

  1. plural of lei

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /laɪ̯s/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

Adjective

leis (strong nominative masculine singular leiser, comparative leiser, superlative am leisesten)

  1. (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
  • IPA(key): /l̠ʲɛʃ/

Noun

leis f (genitive singular leise, nominative plural leasracha)

  1. (anatomy) thigh
  2. (cooking) leg, haunch
Declension
Declension of leis

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative leis leasracha
Vocative a leis a leasracha
Genitive leise leasracha
Dative leis leasracha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an leis na leasracha
Genitive na leise na leasracha
Dative leis an leis

don leis

 leis na leasracha
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • leisíneach (“person with game leg; person with limping gait; tardy person”)
  • leisíneacht (“limping gait; tardiness”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lʲɛʃ/

Preposition

leis (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

  1. 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)

  1. third-person singular masculine of le
    D’oibrigh mé leis.
    I worked with him; I worked with it.

Adverb

leis

  1. also
  2. (with negative) too, either
Synonyms

Etymology 3

From Old Irish leis (“uncovered, bare”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /l̠ʲɛʃ/

Adverb

leis

  1. 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

  1. 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.

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
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

Pronunciation
 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlɐjʃ/
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlejʃ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈleʃ/

  • Hyphenation: leis

Noun

leis

  1. plural of lei

Scots

Noun

leis

  1. (South Scots) lies

Verb

leis

  1. 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)

  1. Form of le used before a definite article.

Pronoun

leis

  1. third-person singular masculine of le: with him; by him

Inflection
Personal inflection of le
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st leam leamsa
2nd leat leatsa
3rd m leis leis-san
3rd f leatha leathase
Plural 1st leinn leinne
2nd leibh leibhse
3rd leotha leothasan

References
  • Colin Mark (2003) The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 382
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