• Rhymes:-iːz

leas

1. plural oflea

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leas

1. second-personsingularpresentsubjunctive ofler
2. second-personsingularpresentindicative oflear

FromOld Irishless(“benefit, profit”).

• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲasˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige)IPA^(key): /l̠ʲæsˠ/

leas m (genitive singularleasa)

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”)

leās

1. accusativeplural oflea

leas

1. alternative form oflesse

• IPA^(key): /læ͜ɑːs/

FromProto-West Germanic*laus(“loose, free, vacant”). Akin toOld Norselauss,Germanlos(“loose, free”). More at-less,loose.

lēas (comparativelēasra,superlativelēasost)

1. false
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Þā besēah Martinus wið þǣs sċeoccan lēoht, ġemyndiġ on mōde hū sē Metoda Drihten cwæð on his godspelle þe his godcundan tōcyme, and cwæð tō ðāmlēasan mid ġelǣredum mūðe, "Ne sǣde ūre Hǣlend þæt hē swā wolde bēon mid purpuran gehīwod, oððe mid helme scīnende, þonne hē eft cōme mid engla ðrymme." Đā fordwān sē deofol drēoriġ him fram, and sēo stōw ðā stanc mid ormǣtum stenċe, æfter andwerdnysse þǣs eġeslīċan gāstes.

     Then Martinus beheld the demon's light, mindful of what the Lord God said in his gospel about his divine coming, and said to thefalse one with learned mouth, "Our Savior did not say that he would be habited in purple, or that he would have a shining crown, when he came again with a host of angels." Then the sad devil disappeared, and the place stank with a powerful stench after the presence of the horrible spirit.

2. devoid of,free from
   • 10th century,The Wanderer:

     Ȳþde swā þisne eardġeard · ælda Sċyppend
     oþþæt burgwara · breahtmalēase
     eald enta ġeweorc · īdlu stōdon.

     Thus, Creator of men was destroying this world
     until works of old giants,lacking of
     citizens' noises, stood empty.

3. bereft of;without
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᛒ byþ blēdalēas...

     Birch iswithout fruit...

4. vain,worthless

• ġelēas
• lēasnes

• ġelēast

lēas n

1. falsehood, lie
2. mistake

Stronga-stem:

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

• English:-less,lease,leasing

seelēah.

lēas

1. plural oflēah

FromOld Irishless(“benefit, profit”).

• IPA^(key): /ʎes/

leas m

1. benefit,advantage

   chaleig thuleas a bhith a'gàireachdainn ―you don't have to laugh; it wouldn't benefit you to laugh

• IPA^(key): /ˈleas/[ˈle.as]
• Rhymes:-eas
• Syllabification:le‧as

leas

1. second-personsingularpresentsubjunctive ofleer

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