léas
Irish (Donegal)
/l̠ʲeːsˠ/
noun
Definitions
- ray of light; light, radiance; beam, streak of light; gleam, glimmer
- weal, welt; red spot, blister
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Irish lés (light, radiance) inherited from Proto-Celtic *ɸlenstus derived from Old Norse ljós (light).
Origin
Old Norse
ljós
Gloss
light
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
光, 明
Emoji
⚡️ 🌛 🌜️ 🌩️ 🏮 💡 🔦 🕯️ 🚥 🚦 🚨 🪶 ⚡️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *leuhsą Proto-Germanic
- ljos Norwegian Nynorsk
- aisléasaigh Irish
- foléas Irish
- foléasaí Irish
- léasacht Irish
- léasaigh Irish
- spéir Irish
- spéirléas Irish
- Ljósálfar Old Norse
- ljós Old Norse
- ljós Icelandic
- lés Old Irish
- ljós Faroese
- *ɸlenstus Proto-Celtic
- dolus Middle Irish
- lés Middle Irish
- liūs Old Danish
- liuos Elfdalian