lez
Albanian
Etymology
From fuller and dialectal lemzë, diminutive in -zë ~ ëz of dialectal lem (“birth; rise”), deverbative of lej (“to give birth”); the original meaning would have been ‘birthmark’.[1]
Noun
lez m (indefinite plural lezë, definite singular lezi, definite plural lezët)
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “lez”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 220
Czech
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French lez, from Late Latin latus (“next to, beside”), from Latin lātus (“side”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le/
Preposition
lez
Further reading
- “lez” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Synonyms
Derived terms
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