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feis
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish feis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??/
- pl. IPA(key): /f???n?/
Noun
feis (plural feiseanna)
- (Ireland) An Irish festival, usually including folk music, dancing, and sports.
- (Ireland) An Irish gathering at which new laws were decreed, as well as folk music, dancing, and sports.
See also
- Fèis, the Scottish equivalent, and eisteddfod, the Welsh equivalent.
Anagrams
- EFIs, ISEF, fise, seif
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish feiss, fess, verbal noun of foïd (“to spend the night”), from Proto-Celtic *woseti, from Proto-Indo-European *h?wes- (“to reside”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f???/
Noun
feis f (genitive singular feise, nominative plural feiseanna)
- (literary)
- act of sleeping, of passing the night
- accommodation, entertainment, for the night; bed and supper
- (literary)
- sleeping together, sexual intercourse
- espousal, marriage
- festival
- Synonym: féile
- Irish language festival (with competitions)
- (literature) feast tale
Declension
Derived terms
- Ard-Fheis (“national convention”)
Mutation
References
- "feis" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 feis(s), fess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “feis” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “feis” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- fes, fiste
Verb
feis
- simple past of fise
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish feiss, fess, verbal noun of foïd (“to spend the night”), from Proto-Celtic *woseti, from Proto-Indo-European *h?wes- (“to reside”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fe?/
Noun
feis f (genitive singular feise)
- sex, intercourse
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with fèis (“a festival”).
Mutation
References
- “feis” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 feis(s), fess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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leis
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le?z/
- Homophone: lays
Noun
leis
- plural of lei
Anagrams
- %iles, Elis, Iles, Isle, Lise, Sile, iles, isle, lies, sile, slie
Galician
Noun
leis f pl
- plural of lei
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la??s/
- Rhymes: -a??s
Adjective
leis (comparative leiser, superlative am leisesten)
- (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)
- (anatomy) 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 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l???/
Preposition
leis (plus dative, triggers no mutation)
- form of le (“with”) used before the definite article
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 3
From Old Irish leis (“uncovered, bare”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l????/
Adverb
leis
- 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
- emphatic oblique of ela: her
- c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, canso:
- Quar senes lieys non puesc viure [...].
- For without her I cannot live.
- Quar senes lieys non puesc viure [...].
- 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.
- c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, canso:
Declension
Portuguese
Noun
leis
- plural of lei
Scots
Noun
leis
- (South Scots) lies
Verb
leis
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of lei
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [le?]
Preposition
leis
- Alternative form of le
Usage notes
- This is the form is used before the definite article.
Pronoun
leis
- with him, by him
- with it, by it
Derived terms
- leis-san
See also
- leatha
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