different between leal vs leas

English

Etymology

From Middle English leel, lel, borrowed from Anglo-Norman leal and Old French leial, from Latin l?g?lis. Doublet of loyal and legal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?l/

Adjective

leal (comparative lealer, superlative lealest)

1. (now chiefly Scotland) Loyal, honest.
   • 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 858:

     We thank you for the pure white fire of his goodness, for the red sword of justice in his hand, for the love he bears his leal people.

2. (now only Scotland) True, genuine.

Anagrams

• Ella, Lela

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Latin leg?lis. Compare legal.

Adjective

leal m or f (plural leais)

1. adhering to the rules of propriety, fair, honest, loyal, true

Antonyms

• desleal

Derived terms

• lealmente

Related terms

• lealdade
• lei

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin leg?lis.

Adjective

leal m (feminine singular leala, masculine plural leai, feminine plural leales)

1. loyal
2. honest

Synonyms

• (loyal): fedel

Related terms

• lege

Old French

Adjective

leal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular leal)

1. Alternative form of loial

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese leal, from Latin leg?lis. Compare legal, borrowed from the same source.

Adjective

leal (plural leais, comparable)

1. adhering to the rules of propriety, fair, honest, loyal, true

Antonyms

• desleal

Derived terms

• lealmente

Related terms

• lealdade
• lei

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English leel, lel, borrowed from Anglo-Norman leal and Old French leial, from Latin l?g?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lil/

Adjective

leal (comparative mair leal, superlative maist leal)

1. loyal
2. true, pure

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin leg?lis. See also the borrowed doublet legal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?al/, [le?al]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

leal (plural leales)

1. adhering to the rules of propriety, fair, honest, loyal, true

   Synonym: fiel

   Antonym: desleal

Derived terms

• lealmente

Related terms

• lealtad
• ley

Further reading

• “leal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?z

Noun

leas

1. plural of lea

Anagrams

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

Galician

Verb

leas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of ler

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish less (“benefit, profit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??as?/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /l??æs?/

Noun

leas m (genitive singular leasa)

1. interest
2. welfare, well-being
3. benefit

Declension

Synonyms

• (interest): sainleas
• (benefit): sochar, tairbhe, buntáiste

Derived terms

• féinleas (“self-interest”)
• leasaigh (“to amend, reform, improve; to cure, preserve, dress, curry; to dress, manure, fertilize”)
• leasmhar (“interested”)

Latin

Noun

le?s

1. accusative plural of lea

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læ???s/

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

l?as (comparative l?asra, superlative l?asost)

1. false, untrue

2. devoid of, free from
3. bereft of; without
4. vain, worthless

Declension

Noun

l?as n

1. falsehood, lie
2. mistake

Declension

Derived terms

• l?asian (“to lie”)
• l?asettan (“to pretend”)
• l?asere
• l?ascræft (“deceit, art of lying”)
• l?asl??

Descendants

• English: -less, lease, leasing

Etymology 2

see l?ah.

Noun

l?as

1. plural of l?ah

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

leas m

1. benefit, advantage

Spanish

Verb

leas

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