les

Inherited from Dutch les (“lesson”), from Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin lēctiō.


les

head

les f pl (masculine sg el, feminine sg la, neuter sg lo, masculine plural los)

el (masculine singular)
la (feminine singular)
lo (neuter singular)
los (masculine plural)
lles (alternative)


les

les f pl (masculine plural els, masculine singular el, feminine singular la)

els (masculine plural)
el (masculine singular)
la (feminine singular)


les

jo (first-person singular strong subjective)
mi (first-person singular strong subjective)
em (direct-object first-person objective proclitic singular weak)
m’ (direct-object first-person objective proclitic singular weak)
-me (direct-object enclitic first-person objective singular weak)
’m (direct-object enclitic first-person objective singular weak)
em (first-person indirect-object objective proclitic singular weak)
m’ (first-person indirect-object objective proclitic singular weak)
-me (enclitic first-person indirect-object objective singular weak)
’m (enclitic first-person indirect-object objective singular weak)
meu (first-person possessive singular)
nós (first-person singular strong subjective)
ens (direct-object first-person objective proclitic singular weak)
-nos (direct-object enclitic first-person objective singular weak)
’ns (direct-object enclitic first-person objective singular weak)
ens (first-person indirect-object objective proclitic singular weak)
-nos (enclitic first-person indirect-object objective singular weak)
’ns (enclitic first-person indirect-object objective singular weak)
nostre (first-person possessive singular)
tu (second-person singular strong subjective)
et (direct-object objective proclitic second-person singular weak)
t’ (direct-object objective proclitic second-person singular weak)
-te (direct-object enclitic objective second-person singular weak)
’t (direct-object enclitic objective second-person singular weak)
et (indirect-object objective proclitic second-person singular weak)
t’ (indirect-object objective proclitic second-person singular weak)
-te (enclitic indirect-object objective second-person singular weak)
’t (enclitic indirect-object objective second-person singular weak)
teu (possessive second-person singular)
vós (formal second-person singular strong subjective)
us (direct-object formal objective proclitic second-person singular weak)
-vos (direct-object enclitic formal objective second-person singular weak)
-us (direct-object enclitic formal objective second-person singular weak)
us (formal indirect-object objective proclitic second-person singular weak)
-vos (enclitic formal indirect-object objective second-person singular weak)
-us (enclitic formal indirect-object objective second-person singular weak)
vostre (formal possessive second-person singular)
vostè (deferential second-person singular strong subjective)
el (deferential direct-object objective proclitic second-person singular weak)
l’ (deferential direct-object objective proclitic second-person singular weak)
-lo (deferential direct-object enclitic objective second-person singular weak)
’l (deferential direct-object enclitic objective second-person singular weak)
li (deferential indirect-object objective proclitic second-person singular weak)
-li (deferential enclitic indirect-object objective second-person singular weak)
seu (deferential possessive second-person singular)
ell (masculine singular strong subjective third-person)
el (direct-object masculine objective proclitic singular third-person weak)
l’ (direct-object masculine objective proclitic singular third-person weak)
-lo (direct-object enclitic masculine objective singular third-person weak)
’l (direct-object enclitic masculine objective singular third-person weak)
li (indirect-object masculine objective proclitic singular third-person weak)
-li (enclitic indirect-object masculine objective singular third-person weak)
seu (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ella (feminine singular strong subjective third-person)
la (direct-object feminine objective proclitic singular third-person weak)
l’ (direct-object feminine objective proclitic singular third-person weak)
-la (direct-object enclitic feminine objective singular third-person weak)
li (feminine indirect-object objective proclitic singular third-person weak)
-li (enclitic feminine indirect-object objective singular third-person weak)
seu (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ho (direct-object neuter objective proclitic singular third-person weak)
-ho (direct-object enclitic neuter objective singular third-person weak)
li (indirect-object neuter objective proclitic singular third-person weak)
-li (enclitic indirect-object neuter objective singular third-person weak)
seu (neuter possessive singular third-person)
nosaltres (first-person plural strong subjective)
ens (direct-object first-person objective plural proclitic weak)
-nos (direct-object enclitic first-person objective plural weak)
’ns (direct-object enclitic first-person objective plural weak)
ens (first-person indirect-object objective plural proclitic weak)
-nos (enclitic first-person indirect-object objective plural weak)
’ns (enclitic first-person indirect-object objective plural weak)
nostre (first-person plural possessive)
vosaltres (plural second-person strong subjective)
us (direct-object objective plural proclitic second-person weak)
-vos (direct-object enclitic objective plural second-person weak)
-us (direct-object enclitic objective plural second-person weak)
us (indirect-object objective plural proclitic second-person weak)
-vos (enclitic indirect-object objective plural second-person weak)
-us (enclitic indirect-object objective plural second-person weak)
vostre (plural possessive second-person)
vostès (formal plural second-person strong subjective)
els (direct-object formal objective plural proclitic second-person weak)
-los (direct-object enclitic formal objective plural second-person weak)
’ls (direct-object enclitic formal objective plural second-person weak)
els (formal indirect-object objective plural proclitic second-person weak)
-los (enclitic formal indirect-object objective plural second-person weak)
’ls (enclitic formal indirect-object objective plural second-person weak)
seu (formal plural possessive second-person)
ells (masculine plural strong subjective third-person)
els (direct-object masculine objective plural proclitic third-person weak)
-los (direct-object enclitic masculine objective plural third-person weak)
’ls (direct-object enclitic masculine objective plural third-person weak)
els (indirect-object masculine objective plural proclitic third-person weak)
-los (enclitic indirect-object masculine objective plural third-person weak)
’ls (enclitic indirect-object masculine objective plural third-person weak)
seu (masculine plural possessive third-person)
elles (feminine plural strong subjective third-person)
les (direct-object feminine objective plural proclitic third-person weak)
-les (direct-object enclitic feminine objective plural third-person weak)
els (feminine indirect-object objective plural proclitic third-person weak)
-los (enclitic feminine indirect-object objective plural third-person weak)
’ls (enclitic feminine indirect-object objective plural third-person weak)
seu (feminine plural possessive third-person)
si (reflexive strong subjective third-person)
es (direct-object objective proclitic reflexive third-person weak)
s’ (direct-object objective proclitic reflexive third-person weak)
-se (direct-object enclitic objective reflexive third-person weak)
’s (direct-object enclitic objective reflexive third-person weak)
es (indirect-object objective proclitic reflexive third-person weak)
s’ (indirect-object objective proclitic reflexive third-person weak)
-se (enclitic indirect-object objective reflexive third-person weak)
’s (enclitic indirect-object objective reflexive third-person weak)
seu (possessive reflexive third-person)
en (ablative adverbial genitive proclitic weak)
n’ (ablative adverbial genitive proclitic weak)
-ne (ablative adverbial enclitic genitive weak)
’n (ablative adverbial enclitic genitive weak)
hi (adverbial locative proclitic weak)
-hi (adverbial enclitic locative weak)


les

ca-adj

les (feminine lesa, masculine plural lesos, feminine plural leses)

lesa (feminine)
lesos (masculine plural)
leses (feminine plural)


les

utility, usefulness, importance, interest

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *lles, from Proto-Celtic *lexstus. Cognate with Welsh lles.


les

Inherited from Proto-Celtic *lussus (“medicinal herb, vegetable”). Doublet of losow. Cognate with Welsh llys.


les

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *lled, from Proto-Celtic *ɸletos. Cognate with Welsh lled.


les

les (nominative singular)
lesy (nominative plural)
lesa (genitive singular)
lesů (genitive plural)
lesu (dative singular)
lesům (dative plural)
les (accusative singular)
lesy (accusative plural)
lese (singular vocative)
lesy (plural vocative)
lese (locative singular)
lesích (locative plural)
lesem (instrumental singular)
lesy (instrumental plural)

jak se do lesa volá, tak se z lesa ozývá

Inherited from Old Czech les, from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.


les

nl-noun

les f (plural lessen, diminutive lesje n)

lessen (plural)
lesje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: les

→ Caribbean Javanese: lès

→ Indonesian: les

→ Papiamentu: lès, les

Inherited from Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin lēctiō.


les

first-person singular present indicative

(in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


les

(slang, colloquial, derogatory) Clipping of lesbian.


les

en-adj

les (comparative more les, superlative most les)

more les (comparative)
most les (superlative)
lez (alternative)


les

them (third-person plural feminine accusative)


les

Alternative form of los, masculine plural of lo (“the”)


les

Inherited from Middle French les, from Old French les, from Latin illōs m and illās f which are the accusative plurals of ille.


les

second-person singular present indicative of ler


les

(colloquial) first-person singular present of lesen

(colloquial) singular imperative of lesen


les

cover, hideaway, ambush (the place where one is concealed, in wait to attack by surprise, or the act of concealing oneself there)

lesek (plural)
les (nominative singular)
lesek (nominative plural)
lest (accusative singular)
leseket (accusative plural)
lesnek (dative singular)
leseknek (dative plural)
lessel (instrumental singular)
lesekkel (instrumental plural)
lesért (causal-final singular)
lesekért (causal-final plural)
lessé (singular translative)
lesekké (plural translative)
lesig (singular terminative)
lesekig (plural terminative)
lesként (essive-formal singular)
lesekként (essive-formal plural)
lesben (inessive singular)
lesekben (inessive plural)
lesen (singular superessive)
leseken (plural superessive)
lesnél (adessive singular)
leseknél (adessive plural)
lesbe (illative singular)
lesekbe (illative plural)
lesre (singular sublative)
lesekre (plural sublative)
leshez (allative singular)
lesekhez (allative plural)
lesből (elative singular)
lesekből (elative plural)
lesről (delative singular)
lesekről (delative plural)
lestől (ablative singular)
lesektől (ablative plural)
lesé (singular)
leseké (plural)
leséi (singular)
lesekéi (plural)
lesem (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
leseim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
lesed (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
leseid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
lese (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
lesei (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
lesünk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
leseink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
lesetek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
leseitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
lesük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
leseik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Inherited from Proto-Ugric *läćɜ (“hiding place; lurk”). Cognates include Southern Mansi [script needed] (lǟš-), Northern Mansi [script needed] (lāś-).


les

(ambitransitive) to cheat at a test by looking at someone else's work

hu-conj

Forms in parentheses are somewhat archaic or literary.

This verb has no prefix that could split, despite its first few letters.

lesek (indefinite informal second-person singular)
lesel (formal indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lesel (indefinite singular third-person)
les (first-person indefinite plural)
lesünk (indefinite informal plural second-person)
lestek (formal indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
lestek (indefinite plural third-person)
lesnek (indefinite)
lesem (definite informal second-person singular)
lesed (definite formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lesed (definite singular third-person)
lesi (definite first-person plural)
lessük (definite informal plural second-person)
lesitek (definite formal plural second-person-semantically third-person)
lesitek (definite plural third-person)
lesik (definite)
leslek (informal second-person singular)
lestem (indefinite informal past second-person singular)
lestél (formal indefinite past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lestél (indefinite past singular third-person)
lesett (first-person indefinite past plural)
lestünk (indefinite informal past plural second-person)
lestetek (formal indefinite past plural second-person-semantically third-person)
lestetek (indefinite past plural third-person)
lestek (indefinite past)
lestem (definite informal past second-person singular)
lested (definite formal past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lested (definite past singular third-person)
leste (definite first-person past plural)
lestük (definite informal past plural second-person)
lestétek (definite formal past plural second-person-semantically third-person)
lestétek (definite past plural third-person)
lesték (definite past)
lestelek (informal past second-person singular)
or a time adverb (first-person future plural)
or a time adverb (formal future second-person-semantically third-person)
or a time adverb (future informal second-person)
or a time adverb (future third-person)
e.g. lesni fog. (first-person future plural)
e.g. lesni fog. (formal future second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. lesni fog. (future informal second-person)
e.g. lesni fog. (future third-person)
lesék (future indefinite)
lesél (indefinite informal second-person singular)
lese (formal indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lese (indefinite singular third-person)
lesénk (first-person indefinite plural)
lesétek (indefinite informal plural second-person)
lesének (formal indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
lesének (indefinite plural third-person)
lesém (definite future)
leséd (definite informal second-person singular)
lesé (definite formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lesé (definite singular third-person)
lesénk (definite first-person plural)
lesétek (definite informal plural second-person)
lesék (definite formal plural second-person-semantically third-person)
lesék (definite plural third-person)
lesélek (future)
e.g. les vala (future)
lesett vala (future)
volt. (future)
lesendek (future indefinite)
lesendesz (indefinite informal second-person singular)
lesend (formal indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lesend (indefinite singular third-person)
lesendünk (first-person indefinite plural)
lesendetek (indefinite informal plural second-person)
lesendenek (formal indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
lesendenek (indefinite plural third-person)
lesendem (definite future)
lesended (definite informal second-person singular)
lesendi (definite formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lesendi (definite singular third-person)
lesendjük (definite first-person plural)
lesenditek (definite informal plural second-person)
lesendik (definite formal plural second-person-semantically third-person)
lesendik (definite plural third-person)
lesendelek (future)
lesnék (indefinite informal second-person singular)
lesnél (formal indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lesnél (indefinite singular third-person)
lesne (first-person indefinite plural)
lesnénk (indefinite informal plural second-person)
lesnétek (formal indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
lesnétek (indefinite plural third-person)
lesnének (indefinite)
lesném (definite future indefinite)
lesnéd (definite informal second-person singular)
lesné (definite formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lesné (definite singular third-person)
lesnénk (definite first-person plural)
or lesnők (definite first-person plural)
lesnétek (definite informal plural second-person)
lesnék (definite formal plural second-person-semantically third-person)
lesnék (definite plural third-person)
lesnélek (future indefinite)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (indefinite past)
e.g. lesett volna (indefinite past)
lessek (indefinite informal second-person singular)
less or (formal indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
less or (indefinite singular third-person)
lessél (formal indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lessél (indefinite singular third-person)
lessen (first-person indefinite plural)
lessünk (indefinite informal plural second-person)
lessetek (formal indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
lessetek (indefinite plural third-person)
lessenek (indefinite)
lessem (definite informal second-person singular)
lesd or (definite formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lesd or (definite singular third-person)
lessed (definite formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lessed (definite singular third-person)
lesse (definite first-person plural)
lessétek (definite formal plural second-person-semantically third-person)
lessétek (definite plural third-person)
lessék (definite)
lesselek (informal second-person singular)
e.g. lesett légyen
lesni (infinitive)
lesnem (infinitive informal second-person singular)
lesned (formal infinitive second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lesned (infinitive singular third-person)
lesnie (first-person infinitive plural)
lesnünk (infinitive informal plural second-person)
lesnetek (formal infinitive plural second-person-semantically third-person)
lesnetek (infinitive plural third-person)
lesniük (infinitive)
lesés (noun-from-verb)
leső (future)
lesett
lesendő
lesve (adverbial first-person participle plural)
lesve (adverbial informal participle plural second-person)
lesvén (adverbial first-person participle plural)
lesvén (adverbial informal participle plural second-person)
-(t)et suffix as the causative
leshetek (indefinite informal second-person singular)
leshetsz (formal indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leshetsz (indefinite singular third-person)
leshet (first-person indefinite plural)
leshetünk (indefinite informal plural second-person)
leshettek (formal indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leshettek (indefinite plural third-person)
leshetnek (indefinite)
leshetem (definite informal second-person singular)
lesheted (definite formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lesheted (definite singular third-person)
lesheti (definite first-person plural)
leshetjük (definite informal plural second-person)
leshetitek (definite formal plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leshetitek (definite plural third-person)
leshetik (definite)
leshetlek (informal second-person singular)
leshettem (indefinite informal past second-person singular)
leshettél (formal indefinite past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leshettél (indefinite past singular third-person)
leshetett (first-person indefinite past plural)
leshettünk (indefinite informal past plural second-person)
leshettetek (formal indefinite past plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leshettetek (indefinite past plural third-person)
leshettek (indefinite past)
leshettem (definite informal past second-person singular)
leshetted (definite formal past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leshetted (definite past singular third-person)
leshette (definite first-person past plural)
leshettük (definite informal past plural second-person)
leshettétek (definite formal past plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leshettétek (definite past plural third-person)
leshették (definite past)
leshettelek (informal past second-person singular)
lesheték (indefinite)
leshetél (indefinite informal second-person singular)
leshete (formal indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leshete (indefinite singular third-person)
lesheténk (first-person indefinite plural)
leshetétek (indefinite informal plural second-person)
leshetének (formal indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leshetének (indefinite plural third-person)
leshetém (definite)
leshetéd (definite informal second-person singular)
lesheté (definite formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lesheté (definite singular third-person)
lesheténk (definite first-person plural)
leshetétek (definite informal plural second-person)
lesheték (definite formal plural second-person-semantically third-person)
lesheték (definite plural third-person)
leshetélek
e.g. leshet vala (first-person past plural)
e.g. leshet vala (first-person past singular third-person)
e.g. leshet vala (first-person plural)
e.g. leshet vala (first-person singular third-person)
e.g. leshet vala (formal past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
e.g. leshet vala (formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
e.g. leshet vala (informal past second-person)
e.g. leshet vala (informal second-person)
leshetett vala (first-person past plural)
leshetett vala (first-person past singular third-person)
leshetett vala (first-person plural)
leshetett vala (first-person singular third-person)
leshetett vala (formal past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leshetett vala (formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leshetett vala (informal past second-person)
leshetett vala (informal second-person)
volt. (first-person past plural)
volt. (first-person past singular third-person)
volt. (first-person plural)
volt. (first-person singular third-person)
volt. (formal past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
volt. (formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
volt. (informal past second-person)
volt. (informal second-person)
leshetendek (indefinite)
or lesandhatok (indefinite)
leshetendesz (indefinite informal second-person singular)
or lesandhatsz (indefinite informal second-person singular)
leshetend (formal indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leshetend (indefinite singular third-person)
or lesandhat (formal indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
or lesandhat (indefinite singular third-person)
leshetendünk (first-person indefinite plural)
or lesandhatunk (first-person indefinite plural)
leshetendetek (indefinite informal plural second-person)
or lesandhattok (indefinite informal plural second-person)
leshetendenek (formal indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leshetendenek (indefinite plural third-person)
or lesandhatnak (formal indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
or lesandhatnak (indefinite plural third-person)
leshetendem (definite)
or lesandhatom (definite)
leshetended (definite informal second-person singular)
or lesandhatod (definite informal second-person singular)
leshetendi (definite formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leshetendi (definite singular third-person)
or lesandhatja (definite formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
or lesandhatja (definite singular third-person)
leshetendjük (definite first-person plural)
or lesandhatjuk (definite first-person plural)
leshetenditek (definite informal plural second-person)
or lesandhatjátok (definite informal plural second-person)
leshetendik (definite formal plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leshetendik (definite plural third-person)
or lesandhatják (definite formal plural second-person-semantically third-person)
or lesandhatják (definite plural third-person)
leshetendelek
or lesandhatlak
leshetnék (indefinite informal second-person singular)
leshetnél (formal indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leshetnél (indefinite singular third-person)
leshetne (first-person indefinite plural)
leshetnénk (indefinite informal plural second-person)
leshetnétek (formal indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leshetnétek (indefinite plural third-person)
leshetnének (indefinite)
leshetném (definite indefinite)
leshetnéd (definite informal second-person singular)
leshetné (definite formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leshetné (definite singular third-person)
leshetnénk (definite first-person plural)
or leshetnők (definite first-person plural)
leshetnétek (definite informal plural second-person)
leshetnék (definite formal plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leshetnék (definite plural third-person)
leshetnélek (indefinite)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (first-person indefinite past third-person)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (formal indefinite past second-person-semantically third-person)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (indefinite informal past second-person)
e.g. leshetett volna (first-person indefinite past third-person)
e.g. leshetett volna (formal indefinite past second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. leshetett volna (indefinite informal past second-person)
leshessek (indefinite informal second-person singular)
leshess or (formal indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leshess or (indefinite singular third-person)
leshessél (formal indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leshessél (indefinite singular third-person)
leshessen (first-person indefinite plural)
leshessünk (indefinite informal plural second-person)
leshessetek (formal indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leshessetek (indefinite plural third-person)
leshessenek (indefinite)
leshessem (definite informal second-person singular)
leshesd or (definite formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leshesd or (definite singular third-person)
leshessed (definite formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leshessed (definite singular third-person)
leshesse (definite first-person plural)
leshessük (definite informal plural second-person)
leshessétek (definite formal plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leshessétek (definite plural third-person)
leshessék (definite)
leshesselek (informal second-person singular)
e.g. leshetett légyen
leshetni (infinitive)
leshetnem (infinitive informal second-person singular)
leshetned (formal infinitive second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leshetned (infinitive singular third-person)
leshetnie (first-person infinitive plural)
leshetnünk (infinitive informal plural second-person)
leshetnetek (formal infinitive plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leshetnetek (infinitive plural third-person)
leshetniük (infinitive)
leshető
leshetetlen (formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leshetetlen (informal second-person singular)
leshetetlen (singular third-person)
leshetve / leshetvén (adverbial first-person participle plural third-person)
leshetve / leshetvén (adverbial formal participle plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leshetve / leshetvén (adverbial informal participle plural second-person)


les

(linguistics) lexeme (set of inflected forms taken by a single word)

lexical analysis
lexical analysis#English

(computing) lexeme (individual instance of a continuous character sequence without spaces, used in lexical analysis)

is-noun

les n (genitive singular less, nominative plural les)

less (genitive singular)
les (nominative plural)
les (indefinite nominative singular)
lesið (definite nominative singular)
les (indefinite nominative plural)
lesin (definite nominative plural)
les (accusative indefinite singular)
lesið (accusative definite singular)
les (accusative indefinite plural)
lesin (accusative definite plural)
lesi (dative indefinite singular)
lesinu (dative definite singular)
lesum (dative indefinite plural)
lesunum (dative definite plural)
less (genitive indefinite singular)
lessins (definite genitive singular)
lesa (genitive indefinite plural)
lesanna (definite genitive plural)


les

Ég les mikið af þýskum bókum.

first-person singular of lesa (“to read”)

Pálmi les alltaf sömu söguna, þótt hann eigi margar bækur.

Pálmi always reads the same story, even though he has many books.

third-person singular of lesa (“to read”)


les

(education, colloquial) cram school, private tuition

Borrowed from Dutch les (“course, lesson”), from Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin lēctiō.


les

(education, colloquial) to cram, to study hard, to learn at cram school


les

Los fraguadores les vino kolay de tomar todas las pyedras de ensima los muertos, syendo estas kevuroth eran de los primeros djidyos ke vinyeron de la Espanya.

19th century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, chapter 42, in Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, editors, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi, Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 290:

It came easy for the builders to take all the dead's tombstones, being that these graves belonged to the first Jews who came from Spain.

dative of eyos and eyas; (to) them, (for) them

head

les m or f by sense (Hebrew spelling ליס)

Inherited from Old Spanish les, from Latin illīs, dative plural of ille.


les

Inherited from Old English lēas (“false, void, loose”).
Cognate with Middle High German lōs (“loose”), Old Swedish lø̄s (“loose”); a doublet of loos.

inh+

lese (alternative)
lees (alternative)
leas (alternative)
leasse (alternative)


les

He is so fayre, withoutten les, / he semys full well to sytt on des.

15th c., “[The Creation]”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: […] Oxford University Press, 1897, →OCLC, page 5, lines 120–121:

He is so good, without falsehood; / (so) he's really suited to sit on a dais.

We held with hym ther he saide leasse / And therfor have we all unpeasse.

c. 1480, “The Creation”, in The Towneley Plays, lines 158–159:

We stayed with him when he uttered untruth, / and therefore we all feel discord.

Ye shall have joye and blis therin / Whils ye will kepe you out of syn, / I say withoutten lese.

c. 1480, “The Creation”, in The Towneley Plays, lines 193–195:

You'll have joy and tranquility within / if you keep yourself out of sin, / I say, without lies.


les

head

les m pl or f pl (masculine singular le, feminine singular la)

le (masculine singular)
la (feminine singular)

French: les

Inherited from Old French les, from Latin illōs m and illās f


les

les boutons

les êpices

les lédgeunmes

les ridgieaux

Dans les clios étout nou vait des tracteurs et des machinnes tandi qu'lé travas du fèrmyi r'prend san rhythme coumme tréjous.

2013 March 27, Geraint Jennings, “Mar martello”, in The Town Crier, archived from the original on 2016-03-13, page 20:

In the fields tractors and machines can be seen too as farm work picks up again as always.

lé (singular)
la (singular)
le (masculine singular)
l' (masculine singular)
les (masculine plural)
la (feminine singular)
l' (feminine singular)
les (feminine plural)


les

les (nominative singular)
lesy (dual nominative)
lesi (nominative plural)
lesové (nominative plural)
lesa (genitive singular)
lesu (genitive singular)
lesú (dual genitive)
lesóv (genitive plural)
lesu (dative singular)
lesoma (dative dual)
lesóm (dative plural)
les (accusative singular)
lesy (accusative dual)
lesy (accusative plural)
lese (singular vocative)
lesy (dual vocative)
lesi (plural vocative)
lesové (plural vocative)
lesě (locative singular)
lesu (locative singular)
lesú (dual locative)
lesiech (locative plural)
lesem (instrumental singular)
lesoma (dual instrumental)
lesy (instrumental plural)

Czech: les


les

the (feminine plural oblique definite article)

the (feminine plural nominative definite article)

the (masculine plural oblique definite article)

li (masculine singular subjective)
la (feminine singular subjective)
le (feminine singular subjective)
le (masculine oblique singular)
la (feminine oblique singular)
li (masculine plural subjective)
les (feminine plural subjective)
les (masculine oblique plural)
les (feminine oblique plural)

Middle French: les
French: les


les

Alternative spelling of less (“benefit, advantage”)

les
also lles after a proclitic
ending in a vowel


les

forest, woods (dense uncultivated tract of trees)

Pannonian Rusyn: лєс (ljes)

Slovak: les

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lě̑sъ. First attested in 1386.


les

eſtos angeles cõ q fablo abraã. vinieron a ſodoma e loth ſedia ala puerta dela cibdat. e violos e leuátos cótra elló. e omillos troa la tierra. e dixo les priego uos mios ſẽnores. Q̃ uẽgades acaſa de ur̃o ſieruo albergar.

c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v:

These angels to whom Abraham spoke came to Sodom, and Lot was at the city's gate. And he saw them and he got up to greet them and groveled with his face to the ground. And he said, “I beg you, my lords, come spend the night at your servant's house.”

dative of ellos and ellas; (to) them; (for) them

Ladino: les, ליס

Spanish: les

Inherited from Latin illīs, dative plural of ille.


les

lesuri (plural)
les (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
lesul (accusative definite nominative singular)
lesuri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
lesurile (accusative definite nominative plural)
les (indefinite singular)
lesului (definite singular)
lesuri (indefinite plural)
lesurilor (definite plural)
lesule (singular vocative)
lesurilor (plural vocative)


les

lȇs (canonical masculine)
ле̑с (Cyrillic)
lȇs (nominative singular)
lésovi (nominative plural)
lesa (genitive singular)
lésōvā (genitive plural)
lesu (dative singular)
lesovima (dative plural)
les (accusative singular)
lesove (accusative plural)
lese (singular vocative)
lesovi (plural vocative)
lesu (locative singular)
lesovima (locative plural)
lesom (instrumental singular)
lesovima (instrumental plural)
lijȇs (alternative Ijekavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ (“tree, forest”).


les

lȇs (canonical masculine)
ле̑с (Cyrillic)


les

sk-noun

les m inan (relational adjective lesný, diminutive lesík or lesíček, augmentative lesisko)

lesný (adjective relational)
lesík (diminutive)
lesíček (diminutive)
lesisko (augmentative)
singular
plural
nominative
les
lesy
genitive
lesa
lesov
dative
lesu
lesom
accusative
locative
lese
lesoch
instrumental
lesmi

Inherited from Old Slovak les, from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.


les

(uncommon, uncountable) trees in a forest^([→SSKJ])

(usually in the plural, archaic or literary) forest, woods

lẹ̑s (canonical inanimate masculine)
lẹ̑s (nominative singular)
lesȏva (dual nominative)
lesȏvi (nominative plural)
lesȃ (genitive singular)
lesóv (dual genitive)
lesóv (genitive plural)
lẹ̑su (dative singular)
lẹ̑si (dative singular)
lesȏvoma (dative dual)
lesȏvama (dative dual)
lesȏvom (dative plural)
lẹ̑sȏvam (dative plural)
lẹ̑s (accusative singular)
lesȏva (accusative dual)
lesȏve (accusative plural)
lẹ̑su (locative singular)
lẹ̑si (locative singular)
lesȏvih (dual locative)
lesȏvih (locative plural)
lẹ̑som (instrumental singular)
lesȏvoma (dual instrumental)
lesȏvama (dual instrumental)
lesȏvi (instrumental plural)
lẹ̑s (singular vocative)
lesȏva (dual vocative)
lesȏvi (plural vocative)
lẹ̑s (nominative singular)
lẹ̑sa (dual nominative)
lẹ̑si (nominative plural)
lẹ̑sa (genitive singular)
lẹ̑sov (dual genitive)
lẹ̑sov (genitive plural)
lẹ̑su (dative singular)
lẹ̑si (dative singular)
lẹ̑soma (dative dual)
lẹ̑sama (dative dual)
lẹ̑som (dative plural)
lẹ̑sam (dative plural)
lẹ̑s (accusative singular)
lẹ̑sa (accusative dual)
lẹ̑se (accusative plural)
lẹ̑su (locative singular)
lẹ̑si (locative singular)
lẹ̑sih (dual locative)
lẹ̑sah (dual locative)
lẹ̑sih (locative plural)
lẹ̑sah (locative plural)
lẹ̑som (instrumental singular)
lẹ̑soma (dual instrumental)
lẹ̑sama (dual instrumental)
lẹ̑si (instrumental plural)
lẹ̑s (singular vocative)
lẹ̑sa (dual vocative)
lẹ̑si (plural vocative)

sl-infl-noun

no

no


les

Los chicos están hambrientos, les llevaré algo de comer.

The boys are hungry, I'll bring them something to eat.

dative of ellos and ellas; to them, for them

Hijas, ¿quieren que les compre algo de la tienda?

Daughters, do you want me to buy you all anything from the store?

dative of ustedes; to you all, for you all (formal)

¿Necesitan que [yo] les ayude en algo?

Do you need me to help you all with anything?

(leísmo, dialectal) accusative of ustedes; you all (formal)

Se les considera unos tontos. [non-proscribed]

Ayer les vi cenando en un restaurante. [proscribed]

Yesterday I saw them dining at a restaurant.

(leísmo, dialectal, proscribed except in impersonal sentences with "se") accusative of ellos and ellas; them

Les pedí que por favor hagan silencio.

(gender-neutral, neologism) dative of elles; to them, for them

masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown

when the subject is plural and of mixed gender

Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity

Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to


les

Les estudiantes están prestando atención a la clase.

The students are paying attention to the class.

(gender-neutral, neologism) the (plural)

The gender-neutral suffix -e replaces the gendered suffixes -a and -o.


les

lace (light fabric patterned with holes)


les

lesoedd (plural)
lês (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from Middle English lease, from Anglo-Norman les, from Old French lais, lez (“a lease”).