las
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɑːz/
- Rhymes: -ɑːz
Aromanian
Related terms
- lãsari, lãsare
Catalan
Alternative forms
Related terms
- lassar
- lassitud
Further reading
- “las” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German las (“patch, scrap”).
Estonian
Alternative forms
Faroese
French
Etymology 1
From Old French las, from Latin lassus.
Adjective
las (feminine lasse, masculine plural las, feminine plural lasses)
- weary, tired
- 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis:
- La solitude me pèse. J’aimerais à avoir un ami, un véritable ami, ou bien une maîtresse à qui je confierais mes peines. Quand on erre, toute une journée, sans parler, on se sent las, le soir dans sa chambre.
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
Clipping of hélas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /las/
audio (file)
Further reading
- “las”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Usage notes
The l- forms of article are compulsorily used after the preposition por and adverb u. It is optional when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, after unstressed pronouns nos, vos and lles (when they are enclitc) of ambos, entrambos, todos, tras and copulative conjunction (e mais and tonic pronouns vós and nós followed by a numerical precision).
Usage notes
The l- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, and are suffixed to the preceding word.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laːs/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːs
Gothic
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlas]
- Hyphenation: las
Noun
las (first-person possessive lasku, second-person possessive lasmu, third-person possessive lasnya)
- weld.
Derived terms
- mengelas
- pengelasan
Further reading
- “las” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
las (present analytic lasann, future analytic lasfaidh, verbal noun lasadh, past participle lasta)
Conjugation
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | lasaim | lasann tú; lasair† |
lasann sé, sí | lasaimid | lasann sibh | lasann siad; lasaid† |
a lasann; a lasas | lastar |
past | las mé; lasas | las tú; lasais | las sé, sí | lasamar; las muid | las sibh; lasabhair | las siad; lasadar | a las / ar las* |
lasadh | |
past habitual | lasainn | lastá | lasadh sé, sí | lasaimis; lasadh muid | lasadh sibh | lasaidís; lasadh siad | a lasadh / a lasadh* |
lastaí | |
future | lasfaidh mé; lasfad |
lasfaidh tú; lasfair† |
lasfaidh sé, sí | lasfaimid; lasfaidh muid |
lasfaidh sibh | lasfaidh siad; lasfaid† |
a lasfaidh; a lasfas | lasfar | |
conditional | lasfainn | lasfá | lasfadh sé, sí | lasfaimis; lasfadh muid | lasfadh sibh | lasfaidís; lasfadh siad | a lasfadh / a lasfadh* |
lasfaí | |
subjunctive | present | go lasa mé; go lasad† |
go lasa tú; go lasair† |
go lasa sé, sí | go lasaimid; go lasa muid |
go lasa sibh | go lasa siad; go lasaid† |
— | go lastar |
past | dá lasainn | dá lastá | dá lasadh sé, sí | dá lasaimis; dá lasadh muid |
dá lasadh sibh | dá lasaidís; dá lasadh siad |
— | dá lastaí | |
imperative | lasaim | las | lasadh sé, sí | lasaimis | lasaigí; lasaidh† |
lasaidís | — | lastar | |
verbal noun | lasadh | ||||||||
past participle | lasta |
* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 13
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lasaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “las”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “lasaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 420
- Entries containing “las” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “las” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Louisiana Creole French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /las/
Middle Dutch
Mirandese
Norwegian Nynorsk
Occitan
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Old Occitan
Phalura
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /las, ɽas/
Alternative forms
- les (Biori)
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /las/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: las
Declension
Related terms
- bezlesie
- bezleśność
- lesistość
- lesopował
- leśnictwo
- leśniczówka
- leśniczy
- leśniczyna
- leśnik
- zalesienie
Portuguese
Pronoun
las
- Alternative form of as (third-person feminine plural objective pronoun) used as an enclitic and mesoclitic following a verb form ending in a consonant (-z, -r and -s, but not -m); the consonant is elided and the preceding vowel takes an accent if necessary
Romanian
Verb
las
- inflection of lăsa:
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- third-person plural present indicative
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *volsь.
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *volsь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /láːs/
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
nom. sing. | lás | ||
gen. sing. | lása | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
lás | lása | lási |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
lása | lásov | lásov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
lásu | lásoma | lásom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
lás | lása | láse |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
lásu | lásih | lásih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
lásom | lásoma | lási |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /las/ [las]
- Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: las
Pronoun
las f pl
See also
nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first person | singular | yo | me | mí1 | |||
plural | masculine2 | nosotros | nos | nosotros | |||
feminine | nosotras | nosotras | |||||
second person | singular | tuteo | tú | te | ti1 | ||
voseo | vos | vos | |||||
formal3 | usted | le, se4 | lo/la5 | usted | |||
plural | familiar6 | masculine2 | vosotros | os | vosotros | ||
feminine | vosotras | vosotras | |||||
formal/general3 | ustedes | les, se4 | los/las5 | ustedes | |||
third person | singular | masculine2 | él | le, se4 | lo | él | |
feminine | ella | la | ella | ||||
neuter | ello7 | lo | ello | ||||
plural | masculine2 | ellos | les, se4 | los | ellos | ||
feminine | ellas | las | ellas | ||||
reflexive | — | se | sí1 |
- Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
- Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
- Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
- If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
- Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
- Used primarily in Spain
- Used only in rare circumstances
Further reading
- “los”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laːs/
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “las”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies