leis

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /leɪz/ Rhymes: -eɪz Homophone: lays === Noun === leis plural of lei === Anagrams === isle, Iles, Lise, %iles, sile, Sile, Elis, lies, slie, iles, Isle, ELIs == Galician == === Noun === leis f pl plural of lei == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /laɪ̯s/ Rhymes: -aɪ̯s === Adjective === leis (strong nominative masculine singular leiser, comparative leiser, superlative am leisesten) (colloquial, poetic) alternative form of leise === Further reading === “leis” in Duden online == Irish == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /lʲeʃ/ ==== Preposition ==== leis (plus dative, triggers no mutation) 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) third-person singular masculine of le ==== Adverb ==== leis also (with negative) too, either ===== Synonyms ===== (also): chomh maith, fosta, freisin === Etymology 2 === From Old Irish les (“buttock, hip, haunch; buttocks, posterior”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Munster) IPA(key): /lʲeʃ/ (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /l̠ʲeʃ/ ==== Noun ==== leis f (genitive singular leise, nominative plural leasracha) thigh (cooking) leg, haunch ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== ceathrú f sliasaid f ===== Derived terms ===== leisíneach (“person with game leg; person with limping gait; tardy person”) leisíneacht (“limping gait; tardiness”) === Etymology 3 === From Old Irish leis (“uncovered, bare”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Munster) IPA(key): /lʲeʃ/ (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /l̠ʲeʃ/ ==== Adverb ==== leis uncovered, exposed === References === == Middle English == === Verb === leis (Early Scots) alternative form of lesen (“to lose”) == Old Occitan == === Alternative forms === lieis lieys === Pronoun === leis emphatic oblique of ela: her c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, canso: c. 1160, Raimbaut d'Aurenga, vers: ==== Declension ==== == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: leis === Noun === leis plural of lei == Scots == === Noun === leis (Southern Scots) lies === Verb === leis 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): /leʃ/ Hyphenation: leis === Preposition === leis (+ dative) Form of le used before a definite article. === Pronoun === leis (emphatic leis-san) third-person singular masculine of le: with him; by him ==== Inflection ==== === References === Mark, Colin (2003), The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 382