leis

See also: léis and -leis

Contents

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /leɪz/
• Homophone: lays

NounEdit

leis

1. plural of lei

AnagramsEdit

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

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GalicianEdit

NounEdit

leis f pl

1. plural of lei

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /laɪ̯s/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

AdjectiveEdit

leis (comparative leiser, superlative am leisesten)

1. (colloquial, poetic) Alternative form of leise

Further readingEdit

• leis in Duden online

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IrishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Irish les (“buttock, hip, haunch; buttocks, posterior”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲɛʃ/

NounEdit

leis f (genitive singular leise, nominative plural leasracha)

1. (anatomy) thigh
2. (cooking) leg, haunch

DeclensionEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

• ceathrú f

Derived termsEdit

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

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /lʲɛʃ/

PrepositionEdit

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

PronounEdit

leis (emphatic leis-sean)

1. third-person singular masculine of le

   D’oibrigh mé leis.

   I worked with him; I worked with it.

AdverbEdit

leis

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

SynonymsEdit

• (also): chomh maith, fosta, freisin

Etymology 3Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲɛʃ/

AdverbEdit

leis

1. uncovered, exposed

ReferencesEdit

• (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 ProvençalEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• lieis
• lieys

PronounEdit

leis

1. emphatic oblique form 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.

DeclensionEdit

Old Provençal 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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PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

leis

1. plural of lei

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ScotsEdit

NounEdit

leis

1. (South Scots) lies

VerbEdit

leis

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

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Scottish GaelicEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [leʃ]

PrepositionEdit

leis

1. Alternative form of le

Usage notesEdit

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

PronounEdit

leis

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

Derived termsEdit

• leis-san

See alsoEdit

• leatha
• prepositional pronoun