different between deis vs leis

English

Noun

deis (plural deises)

1. Obsolete form of dais.

Anagrams

• -side, Desi, Dies, EIDs, Eids, IDEs, IEDs, Ides, SEID, Side, desi, dies, eids, ides, side, sied

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

deis f (genitive singular deise, nominative plural deiseanna)

1. right hand; right-hand side
2. suitable, convenient, position
3. opportunity
4. facility
5. means, apparatus
6. material advantage
7. proper condition

Declension

Etymology 2

Adjective

deis

1. inflection of deas (“right (opposite of left)”):
   1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
   2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Mutation

References

• "deis" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Latin

Noun

de?s

1. dative plural of deus
2. ablative plural of deus

References

• deis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman deis, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (dískos). Doublet of disch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?i?s/, /d??s/, /d?s/, /?d?i??s/

Noun

deis

1. podium, dais
2. high table
3. (figuratively) An office or position and the authority it gives.

Alternative forms

• deise, deies, dais, daies, deyse, deyes, days, dayes, des, dees, dese, dece, desse
• doise, doyse (late)

Descendants

• English: dais
• Scots: deas, deece

References

• “deis, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

deis

1. Alternative form of dees (“die”)

Noun

deis

1. Alternative form of dees: plural of dee (“die”)

Portuguese

Verb

deis

1. second-person plural (vós) present subjunctive of dar
2. second-person plural (vós, sometimes used with vocês) negative imperative of dar

Scots

Verb

deis

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

   Div ee ken whae deis it the end o'd?

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

deis

1. ready
2. eager, willing

Spanish

Verb

deis

1. Informal second-person plural (vosotros, vosotras) present subjunctive form of dar.
2. Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) negative imperative form of dar.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?z/
• Homophone: lays

Noun

leis

1. plural of lei

Anagrams

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

Galician

Noun

leis f pl

1. plural of lei

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la??s/
• Rhymes: -a??s

Adjective

leis (comparative leiser, superlative am leisesten)

1. (colloquial, poetic) Alternative form of leise

Further reading

• “leis” in Duden online

Irish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l????/

Noun

leis f (genitive singular leise, nominative plural leasracha)

1. (anatomy) thigh
2. (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 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l???/

Preposition

leis (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

1. form of le (“with”) used before the definite article

Alternative forms

• ris

Pronoun

leis (emphatic leis-sean)

1. third-person singular masculine of le

Adverb

leis

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

Synonyms

• (also): chomh maith, fosta, freisin

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l????/

Adverb

leis

1. uncovered, exposed

References

• (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.

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• lieis
• lieys

Pronoun

leis

1. emphatic oblique 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.

Declension

Portuguese

Noun

leis

1. plural of lei

Scots

Noun

leis

1. (South Scots) lies

Verb

leis

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [le?]

Preposition

leis

1. Alternative form of le

Usage notes

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

Pronoun

leis

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

Derived terms

• leis-san

See also

• leatha