# léas
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /l̠ʲeːsˠ/
* Homophone: leigheas (Ulster)

### Etymology 1

From Middle Irish lés (“light, radiance”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸlenstus. Possibly influenced by Old Norse ljós.

#### Noun

léas m (genitive singular léis, nominative plural léasacha)
* ray of light; light, radiance; beam, streak (of light); gleam, glimmer
* weal, welt; red spot, blister

##### Declension

First declension

##### Derived terms

* spéirléas

### Etymology 2

From Middle Irish léas, from Middle English, from Anglo-Norman lesser, laisier (“to let, let go”), from Medieval Latin lassō (“let, let go”).

#### Noun

léas m (genitive singular léasa, nominative plural léasanna)
* lease

##### Declension

Third declension

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

léas f (genitive singular léise, nominative plural léasa)
* Alternative form of dias (“ear of corn; spike; point; scion”)
* (agriculture) cornstalk (with ear)
* wisp of straw

##### Declension

Second declension

### Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Verb

léas (present analytic léasann, future analytic léasfaidh, verbal noun léasadh, past participle léasta)
* (transitive) welt; thrash, flog

##### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | léasaim | léasann tú; léasair$^†$ | léasann sé, sí | léasaimid | léasann sibh | léasann siad; léasaid$^†$ | a léasann; a léasas | léastar |
| indicative | past | léas mé; léasas | léas tú; léasais | léas sé, sí | léasamar; léas muid | léas sibh; léasabhair | léas siad; léasadar | a léas / ar léas* | léasadh |
| indicative | past habitual | léasainn | léastá | léasadh sé, sí | léasaimis; léasadh muid | léasadh sibh | léasaidís; léasadh siad | a léasadh / a léasadh* | léastaí |
| future | future | léasfaidh mé; léasfad | léasfaidh tú; léasfair$^†$ | léasfaidh sé, sí | léasfaimid; léasfaidh muid | léasfaidh sibh | léasfaidh siad; léasfaid$^†$ | a léasfaidh; a léasfas | léasfar |
| conditional | conditional | léasfainn | léasfá | léasfadh sé, sí | léasfaimis; léasfadh muid | léasfadh sibh | léasfaidís; léasfadh siad | a léasfadh / a léasfadh* | léasfaí |
| subjunctive | present | go léasa mé; go léasad$^†$ | go léasa tú; go léasair$^†$ | go léasa sé, sí | go léasaimid; go léasa muid | go léasa sibh | go léasa siad; go léasaid$^†$ | — | go léastar |
| subjunctive | past | dá léasainn | dá léastá | dá léasadh sé, sí | dá léasaimis; dá léasadh muid | dá léasadh sibh | dá léasaidís; dá léasadh siad | — | dá léastaí |
| imperative | imperative | léasaim | léas | léasadh sé, sí | léasaimis | léasaigí; léasaidh$^†$ | léasaidís | — | léastar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | léasadh | léasadh | léasadh | léasadh | léasadh | léasadh | léasadh | léasadh |
| past participle | past participle | léasta | léasta | léasta | léasta | léasta | léasta | léasta | léasta |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form

### Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

léas
* inflection of léigh:
** relative present indicative
** first-person singular past indicative

##### Alternative forms

* léigheas (obsolete)

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “léas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN