-les
See also: Appendix:Variations of "les"
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English -lēas (“-less”), from lēas (“devoid of, loose from, false”), from Proto-Germanic *lausaz (“loose”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-lɛːs/, /-lɛs/
Derived terms
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Derived terms
- armles
- berdles
- blameles
- bonles
- catelles
- causeles
- childles
- childrenles
- cloudeles
- comfortles
- defautles
- drinkeles
- endeles
- faderles
- fereles
- fleshles
- frendles
- frounceless
- godles
- groundles
- harmles
- havenles
- hedles
- herteles
- husbondles
- moderles
- orles
- shameles
- slepeles
- sinneles
- waterlees
- wifles
- witles
- wommanles
Descendants
- English: -less
Usage notes
- -les and its variants are affixed to nouns in order to form adjectives denoting absence of that noun.
References
- “-lē̆s, suf.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 April 2018.
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