leas-
See also: leas, léas, leaš, and -leas
Irish
Etymology
Cognate to Welsh llys-, Breton lez-, Manx lhiass-.
Prefix
leas-
- step-
- leasathair, leasmháthair
- vice-, deputy
- leasrí, leasuachtarán
- by-
- leasainm
Derived terms
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Old English
Etymology
From lēas (“false, vain, void”).
Prefix
lēas-
- false, pseudo-
- lēasspell "lie, fiction, false statement, fable"
- lēasġewita "a false witness"
- lēascræft "false art, pseudo-art"
- vain, empty; void
- lēasōlecung "empty or vain flattery"
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Cognate to Welsh llys-, Breton lez-, Manx lhiass-.
Prefix
leas-
- step-, assistant, additional
Derived terms
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