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lies
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la?z/
- Rhymes: -a?z
Noun
lies
- plural of lie
Verb
lies
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lie
Adjective
lies
- (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)
- 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)
- loins, region near the groin
Derived terms
- liesbreuk
French
Noun
lies f
- plural of lie
Verb
lies
- second-person singular present indicative of lier
- 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
- imperative singular of lesen
Latin
Verb
l??s
- second-person singular present active subjunctive of l??
Limburgish
Noun
lies f
- list
Inflection
- Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
Livonian
Etymology
Borrowing from Latvian liesa.
Noun
lies
- (Salaca) spleen
Luxembourgish
Verb
lies
- second-person singular present indicative of liesen
- second-person singular imperative of liesen
Old French
Noun
lies f pl
- oblique plural of lie
- nominative plural of lie
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
lies m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- Obsolete spelling of lijes
Swedish
Noun
lies
- indefinite genitive singular of lie
Anagrams
- Elis
lies From the web:
- what lies below
- what lies below trailer
- what lies below osrs
- what lies beneath cast
- what lies below ending explained
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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- what leisure activities
- what lies below
- what leisure activities become popular in the 1900’s
- what leisure activities are popular in france
- what leisure activities are popular in china
- what leis means
- what leisure activity began in asia
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