læs
Danish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Danish las, læs, from Old Norse hlass n, from Proto-Germanic *hlassą (“load”), cognate with Norwegian lass, Swedish lass. The Danish form has taken over the vowel from the verb læsse. The Germanic noun is derived from the verb *hlaþaną (“to load”), hence Old Norse hlaða (“to stack”), Danish lade.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]læs n (singular definite læsset, plural indefinite læs)
Declension
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]læs
- imperative of læse
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]læs
- imperative of læsse
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See lesa (“to read”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]læs (comparative læsari, superlative læsastur)
- literate (able to read)
- insightful, perceptive
Inflection
[edit]singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | læsari | læsari | læsara |
accusative | læsari | læsari | læsara |
dative | læsari | læsari | læsara |
genitive | læsari | læsari | læsara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | læsari | læsari | læsari |
accusative | læsari | læsari | læsari |
dative | læsari | læsari | læsari |
genitive | læsari | læsari | læsari |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | læsastur | læsust | læsast |
accusative | læsastan | læsasta | læsast |
dative | læsustum | læsastri | læsustu |
genitive | læsasts | læsastrar | læsasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | læsastir | læsastar | læsust |
accusative | læsasta | læsastar | læsust |
dative | læsustum | læsustum | læsustum |
genitive | læsastra | læsastra | læsastra |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | læsasti | læsasta | læsasta |
accusative | læsasta | læsustu | læsasta |
dative | læsasta | læsustu | læsasta |
genitive | læsasta | læsustu | læsasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | læsustu | læsustu | læsustu |
accusative | læsustu | læsustu | læsustu |
dative | læsustu | læsustu | læsustu |
genitive | læsustu | læsustu | læsustu |
Anagrams
[edit]Old English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *lāsu.
Noun
[edit]lǣs f
- pasture
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
- Hit is weliġ þis ēalond on wæstmum ⁊ on trēowum misenlīcra cynna; ⁊ hit is ġesċræpe on lǣwe sċēapa ⁊ nēata; ⁊ on sumum stōwum wīnġeardas grōwaþ.
- This island is rich in fruits and trees of various kinds; and it is suitable for the pasture of sheep and cattle; and in some places vineyards grow.
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”), from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, become small, be gentle”); see also Old Frisian lēs (“less”), Old Saxon lēs (“less”).
Adverb
[edit]lǣs
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “less”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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