English

Noun

leis

1. plural of lei

Anagrams

• isle, lies, Lise, sile, Sile

Galician

Noun

leis f pl

1. plural of lei

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɪ̯s/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

Adjective

leis ‎(comparative leiser, superlative am leisesten)

1. (colloquial, poetic) Alternative form of leise

Irish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲɛʃ/

Noun

leis f ‎(genitive singular leise, nominative plural leasracha)

1. (anatomy) thigh
2. (cooking) leg, haunch

Declension

Derived terms

• leisíneach ‎(“person with game leg; person with limping gait; tardy person”)
• leisíneacht ‎(“limping gait; tardiness”)

Synonyms

• ceathrú f

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʲɛʃ/

Preposition

leis ‎(plus dative, triggers no mutation)

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

   leis an mbuachaill‎ ― with the boy

   leis na cailíní‎ ― with the girls

Pronoun

leis ‎(emphatic leis-sean)

1. third-person singular masculine of le

   D’oibrigh mé leis.‎

   I worked with him; I worked with it.

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): /l̠ʲɛʃ/

Adverb

leis

1. uncovered, exposed

References

• (prepositional pronoun): Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. I, 196.
• (prepositional pronoun): Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 308.

Old Provençal

Alternative forms

• lieis
• lieys

Pronoun

leis

1. emphatic oblique form 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): [leʃ]

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
• prepositional pronoun