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单词 læs
释义

læs

See also: LAEs, läs, -læs, Appendix:Variations of "las", and Appendix:Variations of "les"

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish las, læs, from Old Norse hlass n, from Proto-Germanic *hlassą (load), cognate with Norwegian lass, Swedish lass. The Danish form has taken over the vowel from the verb læsse. The Germanic noun is derived from the verb *hlaþaną (to load), hence Old Norse hlaða (to stack), Danish lade.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛs]

Noun

læs n (singular definite læsset, plural indefinite læs)

  1. load, lot
Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛˀs]

Verb

læs

  1. imperative of læse

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛs]

Verb

læs

  1. imperative of læsse

Icelandic

Etymology

See lesa (to read)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [laiːs]
  • Rhymes: -aiːs

Adjective

læs (comparative læsari, superlative læsastur)

  1. literate (able to read)
  2. insightful, perceptive

Inflection

Anagrams

  • sæl

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /læːs/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *lāsu.

Noun

lǣs f

  1. pasture
Declension
Descendants
  • Middle English: leswe, lesewe, leesewe
    • Scots: lesu, lesoue; lesour, lesure
    • English: lease, lessow, leasow

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *laisiz (smaller, lesser, fewer, lower), from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (to shrink, grow thin, become small, be gentle); see also Old Frisian lēs (less), Old Saxon lēs (less).

Adverb

lǣs

  1. less
  • lǣssa
Descendants
  • Middle English: lesse, lesce, lasse; leasse, leas
    • English: less
    • Yola: lhose, lass

Further reading

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2023), less”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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