leas

• Rhymes: -iːz

leas

1. plural of lea

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

leas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of ler

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”)

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

leas

1. false, untrue
2. devoid of, free from
3. bereft of; without

lēas n

1. falsehood, lie
2. mistake

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

• English: -less, lease, leasing

see leah

leas

1. plural of leah

leas m

1. benefit, advantage

leas

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of leer.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of leer.