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lies

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la?z/
  • Rhymes: -a?z

Noun

lies

  1. plural of lie

Verb

lies

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lie

Adjective

lies

  1. (Mid-Ulster) Great, wonderful

Anagrams

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

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lies.

Noun

lies (plural lieste)

  1. the groin

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch liesche. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lis/
  • Hyphenation: lies
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Homophone: lease

Noun

lies f (plural liezen)

  1. loins, region near the groin

Derived terms

  • liesbreuk

French

Noun

lies f

  1. plural of lie

Verb

lies

  1. second-person singular present indicative of lier
  2. second-person singular present subjunctive of lier

Anagrams

  • élis, îles, isle, Lise, lise, sile, silé

German

Alternative forms

  • l. (abbreviation)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [li?s]
  • Homophone: ließ
  • Rhymes: -i?s

Verb

lies

  1. imperative singular of lesen

Latin

Verb

l??s

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of l??

Limburgish

Noun

lies f

  1. list

Inflection

  • Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.

Livonian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latvian liesa.

Noun

lies

  1. (Salaca) spleen

Luxembourgish

Verb

lies

  1. second-person singular present indicative of liesen
  2. second-person singular imperative of liesen

Old French

Noun

lies f pl

  1. oblique plural of lie
  2. nominative plural of lie

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lies m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

  1. Obsolete spelling of lijes

Swedish

Noun

lies

  1. indefinite genitive singular of lie

Anagrams

  • Elis

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leis

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

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