леш

See also: лещ and Appendix:Variations of "les"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لاش (leş), from Persian لاش (lâš).

Noun

леш • (leš) m or f

1. carrion
2. carcass

Usage notes

• Usage as a feminine is dialectal.

Declension

Declension of леш (normal masculine declension)

	singular	plural
indefinite	леш leš	лешове́ lešové
definite (subject form)	лешъ́т lešǎ́t	лешове́те lešovéte
definite (object form)	леша́ lešá
count form	—	ле́ша léša

Declension of леш (dialectal feminine declension)

	singular	plural
indefinite	леш leš	ле́ши léši
definite	лешта́ leštá	ле́шите léšite

Derived terms

• лешояд (lešojad)

Chuvash

Alternative forms

• лешӗ (leš̬ĕ)

Determiner

леш • (leš)

1. that

Further reading

• “леш”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎^[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لاش (leş), from Persian لاش (lâš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɛʃ]

Noun

леш • (leš) m

1. corpse

   Synonyms: мрша (mrša), труп (trup)

Declension

Declension of леш

	singular	plural
indefinite	леш	лешови
definite unspecified	лешот	лешовите
definite proximal	лешов	лешовиве
definite distal	лешон	лешовине
vocative	лешу	лешови
count form	—	леша

Moksha

Леш.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *lekš, from Proto-Uralic *ľupša (“dew”). Cognates include Erzya лекш (ľekš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʲeʃ/
• Rhymes: -eʃ
• Hyphenation: леш

Noun

леш • (ľeš)

1. hoar frost, frost, rime

Declension

Declension of леш
		singular	plural
nominative (...)		леш ľeš	лешть ľešť
genitive (of ...)		лешень ľešeń
dative (to ...)		лешенди ľešenďi
comparative (like ...)		лешшка ľešška
ablative (than ...)		лешта ľešta
lative (into ...)		леши ľeši
illative (into ...)		лешс ľešs
inessive (in ...)		лешса ľešsa
elative (out of ...)		лешста ľešsta
prolative (through ...)		лешка, лешева ľeška, ľeševa
causative (for ...)		лешенкса ľešenksa
translative (becoming ...)		лешкс ľešks
abessive (without ...)		лешфтома ľešftoma

Definite declension of леш
		singular	plural
nominative (...)		лешсь ľešś	лешне ľešńe
genitive (of ...)		лешть ľešť	лешнень ľešńeń
dative (to ...)		лешти ľešťi	лешненди ľešńenďi

References

• V. I. Shchankina (1993) “леш”, in Мокшень-рузонь валкс [Moksha-Russian dictionary], Saransk: MKI, →ISBN, page 79

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لاش (leş), from Persian لاش (lâš).

Noun

ле̏ш m (Latin spelling lȅš)

1. carcass
2. cadaver
3. corpse

Declension

Declension of леш

	singular	plural
nominative	ле̏ш	лѐшеви
genitive	лѐша	лѐше̄ва̄
dative	лешу	лешевима
accusative	леш	лешеве
vocative	лешу	лешеви
locative	лешу	лешевима
instrumental	лешом	лешевима

Derived terms

• лѐшина