-les
See also: Appendix:Variations of "les"
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
- -las, -lasse, -læs, -leas, -lease, -leæs, -lese, -lesse, -lez, -lies, -liese, -lis, -lise, -lyas, -lyese
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old English -lēas (“-less”) (akin to lēas (“devoid of, loose from, false”)), from Proto-West Germanic *-laus, from Proto-Germanic *-lausaz, from *lausaz (“loose”).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-les
Usage notes edit
- -les and its variants are affixed to nouns in order to form adjectives denoting absence of that noun.
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Descendants edit
References edit
- “-lē̆s, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 April 2018.