different between leis vs lais
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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lais
English
Noun
lais
- plural of lai
Anagrams
- Alis, Isla, LIAs, LISA, Lias, Lisa, SAIL, SiAl, ails, lias, sail, sial
French
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?
Noun
lais m
- plural of lai
Galician
Etymology
From Old French lai (“song”), which have either a Germanic (confer Old High German leih, "a play, skit, melody, song") or Celtic origin (Old Irish laíd, "poem").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lajs/
Noun
lais m (plural laises)
- (archaic) song
Derived terms
- laiar
- salaiar
References
- “lais” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “lais” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “lais” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Gothic
Romanization
lais
- Romanization of ????????????????
Welsh
Noun
lais
- Soft mutation of llais.
Mutation
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