leis

See also: léis and -leis

English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

leis

1. plural of lei

Anagrams

• %iles, Elis, Iles, Isle, Lise, Sile, iles, isle, lies, sile, slie

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Galician

Noun

leis f pl

1. plural of lei

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɪ̯s/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

Adjective

leis (comparative leiser, superlative am leisesten)

1. (colloquial, poetic) Alternative form of leise

Further reading

• “leis” in Duden online

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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

• ceathrú f
• sliasaid f

Derived terms

• leisíneach (“person with game leg; person with limping gait; tardy person”)
• leisíneacht (“limping gait; tardiness”)

Etymology 2

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

• ris

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

• (also): chomh maith, fosta, freisin

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, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. I, p. 196.
• (prepositional pronoun): Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 308.

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Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• lieis
• lieys

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

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Portuguese

Noun

leis

1. plural of lei

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Scots

Noun

leis

1. (South Scots) lies

Verb

leis

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of lei

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [leʃ]

Preposition

leis

1. Alternative form of le

Usage notes

• This is the form is used before the definite article.

Pronoun

leis

1. with him, by him
2. with it, by it

Derived terms

• leis-san

See also

• leatha