leas

• Rhymes: -iːz

leas

1. plural of lea

• ASLE, Ales, ELAS, Elsa, LAEs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, Sela, aels, ales, lase, sale, seal, sela

leas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of ler
2. second-person singular present indicative of lear

From Old Irish less (“benefit, profit”).

• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲasˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲæsˠ/

leas m (genitive singular leasa)

1. interest
2. welfare, well-being
3. benefit

• (interest): sainleas
• (benefit): sochar, tairbhe, buntáiste

• féinleas (“self-interest”)
• leasaigh (“to amend, reform, improve; to cure, preserve, dress, curry; to dress, manure, fertilize”)
• leasmhar (“interested”)

leās

1. accusative plural of lea

leas

1. alternative form of lesse

• IPA^(key): /læ͜ɑːs/

From Proto-West Germanic *laus (“loose, free, vacant”). Akin to Old Norse lauss, German los (“loose, free”). More at -less, loose.

lēas (comparative lēasra, superlative lēasost)

1. false
2. devoid of, free from
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Ȳþde swā þisne eardġeard · ælda Sċyppend
     oþþæt burgwara · breahtma lēase
     eald enta ġeweorc · īdlu stōdon.

     Thus, Creator of men was destroying this world
     until works of old giants, lacking of
     citizens' noises, stood empty.

3. bereft of; without
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᛒ byþ blēda lēas...

     Birch is without fruit...

4. vain, worthless

lēas n

1. falsehood, lie
2. mistake

Strong a-stem:

• lēasian (“to lie”)
• lēasettan (“to pretend”)
• lēasere
• lēascræft (“deceit, art of lying”)
• lēaslīċ

• English: -less, lease, leasing

see lēah.

lēas

1. plural of lēah

From Old Irish less (“benefit, profit”).

• IPA^(key): /ʎes/

leas m

1. benefit, advantage

   cha leig thu leas a bhith a' gàireachdainn ― you don't have to laugh; it wouldn't benefit you to laugh

• IPA^(key): /ˈleas/ [ˈle.as]
• Rhymes: -eas
• Syllabification: le‧as

leas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of leer