leas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "leas"

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

leas

1. plural of lea

Anagrams

• ASLE, Ales, ELAS, Elsa, LAEs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, Sela, aels, ales, lase, sale, seal, sela

Galician

Verb

leas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of ler
2. second-person singular present indicative of lear

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish less (“benefit, profit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲasˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲæsˠ/

Noun

leas m (genitive singular leasa)

1. interest
2. welfare, well-being
3. benefit

Declension

Declension of leas

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative leas Vocative a leas Genitive leasa Dative leas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an leas Genitive an leasa Dative leis an leas don leas

Synonyms

• (interest): sainleas
• (benefit): sochar, tairbhe, buntáiste

Derived terms

• féinleas (“self-interest”)
• leasaigh (“to amend, reform, improve; to cure, preserve, dress, curry; to dress, manure, fertilize”)
• leasmhar (“interested”)

Latin

Noun

leās

1. accusative plural of lea

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læ͜ɑːs/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *laus (“loose, free, vacant”). Akin to Old Norse lauss, German los (“loose, free”). More at -less, loose.

Adjective

lēas (comparative lēasra, superlative lēasost)

1. false
2. devoid of, free from
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Ȳþde swā þisne eardġeard · ælda Sċyppend
     oþþæt burgwara · breahtma lēase
     eald enta ġeweorc · īdlu stōdon.

     Thus, Creator of men was destroying this world
     until works of old giants, lacking of
     citizens' noises, stood empty.

3. bereft of; without
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᛒ byþ blēda lēas...

     Birch is without fruit...

4. vain, worthless

Declension

Declension of lēas — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lēas	lēas	lēas
Accusative	lēasne	lēase	lēas
Genitive	lēases	lēasre	lēases
Dative	lēasum	lēasre	lēasum
Instrumental	lēase	lēasre	lēase
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lēase	lēasa, lēase	lēas
Accusative	lēase	lēasa, lēase	lēas
Genitive	lēasra	lēasra	lēasra
Dative	lēasum	lēasum	lēasum
Instrumental	lēasum	lēasum	lēasum

Declension of lēas — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lēasa	lēase	lēase
Accusative	lēasan	lēasan	lēase
Genitive	lēasan	lēasan	lēasan
Dative	lēasan	lēasan	lēasan
Instrumental	lēasan	lēasan	lēasan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lēasan	lēasan	lēasan
Accusative	lēasan	lēasan	lēasan
Genitive	lēasra, lēasena	lēasra, lēasena	lēasra, lēasena
Dative	lēasum	lēasum	lēasum
Instrumental	lēasum	lēasum	lēasum

Noun

lēas n

1. falsehood, lie
2. mistake

Declension

Declension of lēas (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	lēas	lēas
accusative	lēas	lēas
genitive	lēases	lēasa
dative	lēase	lēasum

Derived terms

• lēasian (“to lie”)
• lēasettan (“to pretend”)
• lēasere
• lēascræft (“deceit, art of lying”)
• lēaslīċ

Descendants

• English: -less, lease, leasing

Etymology 2

see lēah.

Noun

lēas

1. plural of lēah

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish less (“benefit, profit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʎes/

Noun

leas m

1. benefit, advantage

   cha leig thu leas a bhith a' gàireachdainn ― you don't have to laugh; it wouldn't benefit you to laugh

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleas/ [ˈle.as]
• Rhymes: -eas
• Syllabification: le‧as

Verb

leas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of leer