las

See also: Appendix:Variations of "las"

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Translingual

Symbol

las

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Gur Lama.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Gur Lama terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑːz/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːz

Noun

las

1. plural of la

Anagrams

• -sal, -sal-, ALS, ALs, ASL, LSA, SAL, SLA, Sal, a/s/l, al's, als, asl, sal, sal-

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin illas (“those ones”).

Pronoun

las

1. them (feminine direct object)

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• lasu, alas, alasu

Etymology

From Latin laxō.

Verb

las

1. alternative form of alas

Related terms

• lãsari, lãsare

Catalan

Etymology 1

Latinizing modification of the popular form llas, from Old Catalan las, from Latin lassus.

Alternative forms

• llas

Adjective

las (feminine lassa, masculine plural lassos, feminine plural lasses)

1. weary, tired

Related terms

• lassar
• lassitud

References

• “las” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

• “las”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Etymology 2

Noun

las

1. plural of la

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Old Cornish lad, from Proto-Brythonic *llad, from Proto-Celtic *latis. Cognate with Irish and Scottish Gaelic laith, and Welsh llad.

Noun

las m (plural lasow)

1. alcohol

   Synonym: alkohol

2. liquor

Derived terms

• diwes heb las (“soft drink”)
• lasek (“alcoholic”)
• lasogeth (“alcoholism”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English lace.

Noun

las m (plural lasow or lasys)

1. lace

Derived terms

• lasya (“lace (shoes)”, verb)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

las

1. soft mutation of glas (“blue; green; grey”)

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German las (“patch, scrap”).

Noun

las c (singular definite lasen, plural indefinite laser)

1. rag
2. shred

Declension

Declension of las

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	las	lasen	laser	laserne
genitive	las'	lasens	lasers	lasernes

Further reading

• “las” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “las” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

las c (plural lassen, diminutive lasje n)

1. joint, weld

Descendants

• Afrikaans: las
• → Indonesian: las

Verb

las

1. singular past indicative of lezen
2. inflection of lassen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• als, sla

Estonian

Alternative forms

• lase

Verb

las

1. second-person singular imperative of laskma

   Las ma söön.

   Let me eat.

Usage notes

lase governs the adessive (verb in the infinitive), las governs the nominative (verb in corresponding person, in the present).

Faroese

Verb

las

1. first-person plural past indicative of lesa
2. third-person plural past indicative of lesa

French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French las, from Latin lassus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la/ ~ /lɑ/
• Homophones: la, là

Adjective

las (feminine lasse, masculine plural las, feminine plural lasses)

1. weary, tired

   Synonyms: épuisé, fatigué

   • 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes amis [My Friends]‎, Paris: Émile-Paul Frères:

     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.

     Loneliness weighs heavily on me. I would like to have a friend, a true friend, or a lover to whom I could confide my sorrow. When one wanders all day without speaking to anybody, one feels weary in one's bedroom at night.

Derived terms

• de guerre lasse

Etymology 2

Clipping of hélas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /las/

• Audio:

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Interjection

las

1. (dated) alas

   Synonym: hélas

Further reading

• “las”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

Pronoun

las f pl (feminine singular la, masculine singular lo, masculine plural los)

1. alternative form of as (“the”, feminine plural)

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 enclitic) of ambos, entrambos, todos, tras and copulative conjunction (e mais and tonic pronouns vós and nós followed by a numerical precision).

Related terms

• los
• as

Etymology 2

Pronoun

las f pl (accusative)

1. alternative form of as (“them”, feminine plural)

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.

Related terms

• los
• nas
• as

Etymology 3

Noun

las m pl

1. plural of la

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laːs/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːs

Verb

las

1. first/third-person singular preterite of lesen

Gothic

Romanization

las

1. romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐍃

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

las

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

From Dutch las (“welding, joint”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlas/ [ˈlas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: las

Noun

las (plural las-las)

1. weld

   Synonyms: gumpa, kimpal

Derived terms

• mengelas
• pengelasan

Further reading

• “las”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016