leosan

== Irish == === Etymology === leo +‎ -san === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlʲoːsˠənˠ/ (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈlʲoːpˠsˠənˠ/ (as if spelled leobsan) === Pronoun === leosan third-person plural emphatic of le === References === Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Erster Band: Grammatik [First volume: Grammar], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196 == Old English == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *leusan, from Proto-Germanic *leusaną (“to lose”), from Proto-Indo-European *lews- (“to cut; sever; separate; loosen; lose”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈle͜oː.sɑn/, [ˈle͜oː.zɑn] === Verb === lēosan to lose, be bereft of to be lost, come to nothing ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== belēosan forlēosan ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: lesenEnglish: leese, lese (obsolete)Middle Scots: leis === References === Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2024), “lēosan”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.