lés
Old Irish
/l͈ʲeːs/
noun
Definitions
- light, radiance
- daylight
- illumination of the mind
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Celtic *ɸlenstus borrowed 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
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- resplendeo Latin
- splendesco Latin
- splendeō Latin
- splendidus Latin
- splendor Latin
- *leuhsą Proto-Germanic
- ljos Norwegian Nynorsk
- solas Irish
- Ljósálfar Old Norse
- ljós Old Norse
- ljós Icelandic
- follus Old Irish
- soilse Old Irish
- solus Old Irish
- solas Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ljós Faroese
- sollys Manx
- *ɸlenstus Proto-Celtic
- lés Middle Irish
- solus Middle Irish
- liūs Old Danish
- liuos Elfdalian