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English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɑːz/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːz

Noun

las

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

them (feminine direct object)

Aromanian

Alternative forms

lasu, alas, alasu

Etymology

From Latin laxō.

Verb

las first-singular present indicative

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)

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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Noun

las

plural of la

Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

las c (singular definite lasen, plural indefinite laser)

rag
shred

Declension

More information common gender, singular ...

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

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Further reading

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

las c (plural lassen, diminutive lasje n)

joint, weld

Descendants

Afrikaans: las
→ Indonesian: las

Verb

las

singular past indicative of lezen
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

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

first-person plural past indicative of lesa
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)

weary, tired
Synonyms: épuisé, fatigué
- 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.
  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: (file)

Interjection

las

(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 plural las, masculine singular lo, masculine plural los)

Alternative form of la (“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 enclitc) 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)

Alternative form of la (“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

Etymology 3

Noun

las m pl

plural of la

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laːs/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -aːs

Verb

las

first/third-person singular preterite of lesen

Gothic

Romanization

las

Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐍃

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

las

Etymology

From Dutch las (“welding, joint”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlas]
Hyphenation: las
Rhymes: -as

Noun

las (plural las-las)

weld.

Derived terms

mengelas
pengelasan

Further reading

“las” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /l̪ˠasˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɔsˠ/ (as if spelled los)^[1]

Verb

las (present analytic lasann, future analytic lasfaidh, verbal noun lasadh, past participle lasta)

(transitive) to light (start (a fire); illuminate)
(intransitive) to blaze (shine like a flame)

Conjugation

More information singular, plural ...

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
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
subjunctive	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

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conjugation of las (first conjugation – A)

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

Derived terms

References

[1]
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 13

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “las”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“las”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Kashubian

Kashubian Wikipedia has an article on:

las

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlas/
Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: las

Noun

las m inan (diminutive lôsk, related adjective lasowi or lasny)

forest, woods (dense uncultivated tract of trees)

Derived terms

(nouns):

lesnik
lesny

Related terms

(adjectives):

lesniczi
lesników

(nouns):

lesnictwò
lesniczówka
lesnô

Further reading

Stefan Ramułt (1893) “las”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 90
Jan Trepczyk (1994) “las”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “las”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
“las”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Ladino

Article

las (singular la, masculine los, Hebrew spelling לאס)

the (feminine plural)

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Inherited from French lasse (“weary, tired”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /las/
Rhymes: -as

Adjective

las

tired
Synonyms: dormétik, épwizé, fatigé, fourbu, harasé

Middle Dutch

Verb

las

first/third-person singular past indicative of lēsen

Middle English

Alternative forms

lase, lasse, lace, laz, lesse

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French las, from the verb lacier (“to lace”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laːs/

Noun

las (plural lass)

lace
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knyghtes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
  Vulcanus had caught thee [Venus] in his las.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

English: lace
Yola: laace, laase

References

“lās, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Mirandese

Article

las f pl (singular la, masculine l, masculine plural ls)

the
las bacas de l fazendeiro
the cows of the farmer

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

las

past of lesa
Det var forfattaren sjølv som las.
It was the author himself who was reading.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin illās.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Article

las (singular la, masculine lo, masculine plural los)

the; feminine plural definite article

Old French

Alternative forms

a las

Etymology

See a las

Interjection

las !

alas

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin illās.

Article

las (singular la)

the; feminine plural definite article

Descendants

Occitan: las

Old Polish

Alternative forms

les

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lě̑sъ. First attested in the second half of the 13th century.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /lʲas/

IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /lʲas/

Noun

las m animacy unattested (diminutive lasek, related adjective leśny)

(attested in Lesser Poland, Greater Poland) forest, woods (dense uncultivated tract of trees)
- 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 49, 11:
  Moia sø wszistka zwerzøta lassow (omnes ferae silvarum)
  [Moja są wszystka źwierzęta lasow (omnes ferae silvarum)]
- c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 77r:
  Lucus walt silua nemus idem czyemny lasz
  [Lucus walt silua nemus idem ciemny las]
- c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 125v:
  Silua eyn walt lyąsz
  [Silua eyn walt las]

Derived terms

(nouns):

leśnik

Related terms

(nouns):

leśne

Descendants

Polish: las, les (Middle Polish)
Silesian: las, les (Southern Silesian)

References

Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “las”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “las”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
Mańczak, Witold (2017) “las”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “las”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “las”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “las”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Phalura

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /las, ɽas/

Pronoun

las (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لس)

it
him
her (dist acc)

Alternative forms

les (Biori)

References

Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “las”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Polabian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German las.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /las/

Noun

las m ?

salmon

References

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Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “las”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 87
Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Las”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 493

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

las

Thumb — las

Alternative forms

les (Middle Polish)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish las.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlas/

(Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈlas/
(Greater Poland):
- (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /ˈlas/

Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: las
Homophone: Las

Noun

las m inan (diminutive lasek, related adjective leśny or lasowy)

forest, woods (dense uncultivated tract of trees)
Synonym: (dialectal) bór
forest (dense collection or amount)
forest (large number or quantity of something that makes it difficult to orient oneself and act properly)

Usage notes

Both bór and las have been used to a similar degree in the Kuyavian dialect.

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
nominative	las	lasy
genitive	lasu	lasów
dative	lasowi	lasom
accusative	las	lasy
instrumental	lasem	lasami
locative	lesie	lasach
vocative	lesie	lasy

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Declension of las

Derived terms

(adjectives):

lesisty

(adverbs):

za górami, za lasami
za siedmioma górami, za siedmioma lasami

(nouns):

(proverbs):

im dalej w las, tym więcej drzew
jeden do Sasa, drugi do Lasa
natura ciągnie wilka do lasu
nauka nie idzie w las
nauka nie poszła w las
nie było nas, był las, nie będzie nas, będzie las

(verbs):

wylesić pf, wylesiać impf
zalesić pf, zalesiać impf

(verbs):

być w lesie impf
pójść do lasu pf, iść do lasu impf
wywołać wilka z lasu pf, wywoływać wilka z lasu impf

Related terms

(adjectives):

bezleśny

(nouns):

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), las is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 24 times in scientific texts, 9 times in news, 3 times in essays, 48 times in fiction, and 25 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 109 times, making it the 566th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[1]

References

[1]
Ida Kurcz (1990) “las”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 212

Further reading

las in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
las in Polish dictionaries at PWN
las in PWN's encyclopedia
Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “las”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
“LAS”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 19.12.2018
Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “las”, in Słownik języka polskiego
Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “las”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “las”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 686
las in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Oskar Kolberg (1867) “bór”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 268

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /las/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /laʃ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐʃ/

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:
1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. third-person plural present indicative

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volsь.

Noun

las f (Cyrillic spelling лас)

(Kajkavian) hair
Synonym: vlas

Silesian

Alternative forms

les (Southern Silesian)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish las.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlas/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: las

Noun

las m inan (related adjective leśny)

forest, woods (dense uncultivated tract of trees)
Synonyms: (Cieszyn) dōmbrowa, gŏj

Declension

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	singular	plural
nominative	las	lasy
genitive	lasa	lasōw
dative	lasowi	lasōm
accusative	las	lasy
instrumental	lasym	lasami/lasōma
locative	lesie	lasach
vocative	lesie	lasy

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Declension of las

Further reading

las in dykcjonorz.eu
las in silling.org

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

las

Alternative forms

laſ (Bohorič alphabet)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *volsь. Compare with obsolete vlas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /láːs/
Rhymes: -aːs
Hyphenation: las
Homophone: laz

Noun

lȃs m inan or f

(anatomy) hair on top of head
(obsolete, dialectal) hair (anywhere)^[→SSKJ]
- 2019 March 5, “Faun je ... Izvor in pomen besede "faun"”, in Punto Marinero‎:
  Ta kratkodobna, prekrita z lasjo bitje je bila zelo priljubljena med prebivalci rimskih vasi.
  This short-lived being covered with hair was very popular between the inhabitants of Roman villages.
nap, pile (The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile)
(agriculture) corn silk

Usage notes

Unlike in English, the singular is reserved only for a single hair. For hair as a collection of many hairs, the plural is used. The feminine form is chiefly western dialects ^[→SSKJ] and is also commonly used as an uncountable noun (see quotation under sense 2).

Declension

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More information First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , long mixed accent, ending -u in genitive singular , ending -je in nominative plural , null ending in genitive dual/plural , special endings in plural from former i-stem declension , special accent changes, nom. sing. ...

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , long mixed accent, ending -u in genitive singular , ending -je in nominative plural , null ending in genitive dual/plural , special endings in plural from former i-stem declension , special accent changes
nom. sing.	lȃs
gen. sing.	lasȗ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	lȃs	lȃsa	lasjẹ̑
genitive rodȋlnik	lasȗ	lás	lás
dative dajȃlnik	lȃsu, lȃsi	lȃsoma, lȃsama	lasẹ̑m
accusative tožȋlnik	lȃs	lȃsa	lasẹ̑, lȃse^+prep.
locative mẹ̑stnik	lȃsu, lȃsi	lasẹ́h	lasẹ́h
instrumental orọ̑dnik	lȃsom	lȃsoma, lȃsama	lasmí
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	lȃs	lȃsa	lasjẹ̑

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First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , fixed accent, special accent changes
nom. sing.	lȃs
gen. sing.	lȃsa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	lȃs	lȃsa	lási
genitive rodȋlnik	lȃsa	lás	lás
dative dajȃlnik	lȃsu, lȃsi	lȃsoma, lȃsama	lásom
accusative tožȋlnik	lȃs	lȃsa	láse
locative mẹ̑stnik	lȃsu, lȃsi	lásih, lásah	lásih, lásah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	lȃsom	lȃsoma, lȃsama	lási
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	lȃs	lȃsa	lási

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chiefly western dialects, often uncountable

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Second feminine declension (i-stem) , long mixed accent
nom. sing.	lȃs
gen. sing.	lasȋ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	lȃs	lasȋ	lasȋ
genitive rodȋlnik	lasȋ	lasī	lasī
dative dajȃlnik	lási	lasẹ̄ma	lasẹ̄m
accusative tožȋlnik	lȃs	lasȋ	lasȋ
locative mẹ̑stnik	lási	lasẹ́h	lasẹ́h
instrumental orọ̑dnik	lasjọ́	lasẹ̄ma	lasmí
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	lȃs	lasȋ	lasȋ

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Synonyms

(sense 1)

lasec
lasek
vlas

(sense 2)

dlačevje
dlačje
dlaka
kocina
kosmačija
kosmatina
kosmatinje
kosmina
kosminje
puh
resa
ščetina
vos

Derived terms

See also

volna
žima
runo
laso (some forms are the same)

Further reading

“las”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
“las”, in Termania, Amebis
See also the general references

Slovincian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlas/
Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: las

Noun

las m inan (related adjective lasny)

forest, woods (dense uncultivated tract of trees)

Further reading

Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “lãs”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 544

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /las/ [las]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: las

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

Article

las f pl

feminine plural definite article; the

Related terms

el m
la f
los m pl

Etymology 2

Pronoun

las f pl

accusative of ellas; them
accusative of ustedes (when referring to more than one woman); you all (formal)
feminine plural pronoun
las que no hablan
those (women) who do not speak

Etymology 3

Noun

las m pl

plural of la

See also

More information nominative, dative ...

				nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular			yo	me		mí¹
	plural	masculine²		nosotros	nos		nosotros
	plural	feminine		nosotras	nos		nosotras
second person	singular	tuteo		tú	te		ti¹
		voseo		vos	te		vos
		formal³		usted	le, se⁴	lo/la⁵	usted
	plural	familiar⁶	masculine²	vosotros	os		vosotros
		familiar⁶	feminine	vosotras	os		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
	plural	feminine		ellas	les, se⁴	las	ellas
	reflexive			—	se		sí¹

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Spanish personal pronouns

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laːs/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

las

Soft mutation of glas.

Etymology 2

From English lace.

Noun

las f (plural lasau or lasiau or lasys, singulative lasen or lasyn)

lace

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

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