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):

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• 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

Conjugation

Conjugation of las

long infinitive				lãsari, lãsare
gerund				lãsãnda
past participle				lãsatã
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	las	lash	lasã	lãsãm, lãsãmu	lãsats, lãsatsã, lãsatsi	lasã
	imperfect	lãsam	lãsai	lãsa	lãsam	lãsats, lãsatsi	lãsa
	simple perfect	lãsai	lãsash, lãsashi	lãsã	lãsãm	lãsat	lãsarã
conditional	present	s-lãsarim	s-lãsari, s-lãsarishi	s-lãsari, s-lãsare	s-lãsarim	s-lãsarit	s-lãsari, s-lãsare
subjunctive	present	s-las	s-lash	s-lasi, s-lase	s-lãsãm, s-lãsãmu	s-lãsats, s-lãsatsã, s-lãsatsi	s-lasi, s-lase
imperative	present	—	lasã	—	—	lãsats, lãsatsã, lãsatsi	—

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

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “las”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

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: lacs (general); la, là (with /a/)

Adjective

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

1. weary, tired

   Synonyms: épuisé, fatigué

   • 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes amis [My Friends]‎^[3], 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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• Homophones: lace, lacent, laces (general); lasse, lassent, lasses (one pronunciation)

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)):

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• Rhymes: -aːs

Verb

las

1. first/third-person singular preterite of lesen

Gothic

Romanization

las

1. romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐍃

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch las (“welding, joint”).

Noun

las (plural las-las)

1. weld (the joint made by welding)

   Synonyms: gumpa, kimpal

Derived terms

Affixations

• mengelas (“to weld”)
• pengelas
• pengelasan (“welding”)

Compounds

• las argon
• las bubut
• las busur
• las gas
• las ikat
• las inverter
• las isi
• las karbit
• las ketok
• las tangan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦭꦱ꧀ (las, “grain of unhusked rice; grain”).

Noun

las (plural las-las)

1. residual rice grains from milling mixed into the rice

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

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lasaid, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠasˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠosˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɔsˠ/

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of las (first conjugation – A)

indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	lasaim	lasann tú; lasair†	lasann sé, sí	lasaimid; lasann muid	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	lasadh
past habitual	lasainn	lastá	lasadh sé, sí	lasaimis; lasadh muid	lasadh sibh	lasaidís; lasadh siad	a lasadh	lastaí
	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
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	lasfaí
subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
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
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	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
—	lasaim	las	lasadh sé, sí	lasaimis	lasaigí; lasaidh†	lasaidís	—	lastar
past participle	lasta
verbal noun	lasadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Derived terms

• dolasta
• so-lasta

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “las”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “lasaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 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, 2013–2026

Kashubian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *leh₁s-u-der.?

Proto-Slavic *lě̑sъ

Kashubian las

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lě̑sъ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. 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^[4]
• “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)

1. the (feminine plural)

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /las/
• Rhymes: -as

Adjective

las

1. tired

   Synonyms: dormétik, épwizé, fatigé, fourbu, harasé

Middle Dutch

Verb

las

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of lēsen

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• lace, lase, lasse, laz, lesse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laːs/, /las/

Noun

las (uncountable)

1. 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, laus

References

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

Etymology 2

Generally seen as borrowed from Old Norse lǫskr (“weak”) (from Proto-Germanic *laskwaz) or a related word, with simplification of /sk/ to /s/ like in Northern Middle English asse (“ashes”), although the lack of unsimplified forms (except for the ambiguous spelling lasce) is problematic.

However, Liberman, following a connection made by Björkman, instead suggests borrowing from a cognate of Old Danish las (“rag”); older proposals that he mentions deriving the word from Old English lǣssa, Middle English lesse (“smaller”) or *laddesse, from ladde (“boy, lad”) +‎ -esse (“-ess”) are to be rejected.

The spelling laas is possibly due to the scribe of the Vernon Manuscript incorrectly guessing that this unfamilar Northern dialectal word had a long vowel when copying the Northern Homily Cycle (possibly due to the analogy of Etymology 1); there is no other evidence for a long vowel other than Middle Scots lais, which can be attributed to the late Middle Scots interchange of short and long vowel spellings.

Alternative forms

• laas, lasce, lasse, lysse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /las/

Noun

las (plural lasses)

1. (Lancashire, Northern) A girl; a female baby, child or young adult.

   Synonyms: girle (rare), mayde, mayde child, mayden, mayden child, wenche

Descendants

• English: lass
• Middle Scots: las, lasse
  • Scots: lass

Mirandese

Article

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

1. the

   las bacas de l fazendeiro

   the cows of the farmer

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

las

1. past of lesa

   Det var forfattaren sjølv som las.

   It was the author himself who was reading.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• eras (Gascon)
• lei, leis (_V) (Provençal)
• li (Niçard)
• as, řas (País mentonasc)

Etymology 1

From Latin lassus.

Adjective

las m (feminine singular lassa, masculine plural lasses, feminine plural lassas)

1. tired

Etymology 2

From Latin illās.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Article

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

1. the; feminine plural definite article

Old French

Alternative forms

• a las

Etymology

See a las

Interjection

las !

1. alas

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably Proto-Mon-Khmer *laac, *rlaac (“to collapse, be destroyed”) (compare Khmu laac (“lose, disappear”)). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /las/
• Rhymes: -las
• Hyphenation: las

Verb

las

1. to disappear, to vanish (in a flash)

Noun

las

1. leaving without further thought

Derived terms

• aṅlas
• laslāsan
• linas
• tĕlas

Further reading

• "las" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin illās.

Article

las (singular la)

1. the; feminine plural definite article

Descendants

• Occitan: las

Old Polish

Alternative forms

• les

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *leh₁s-u-der.?

Proto-Slavic *lě̑sъ

Old Polish las

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)

1. (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]‎^{scan transliteration, transcription}, numbers 49, 11, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:

     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)
• Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “las”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
• Ewa Deptuchowa, et al., 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

Palula

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)

1. it
2. him
3. her (dist acc)

Alternative forms

• les (Biori)

References

• Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “las”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[5], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Polabian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German las.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /las/

Noun

las m ?

1. salmon

References

• Polański, Kazimierz (1971), “las”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 2 (ďüzd – ľotü), Wrocław; Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 314
• 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

las

Alternative forms

• les (Middle Polish)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *leh₁s-u-der.?

Proto-Slavic *lě̑sъ

Old Polish las

Polish las

Inherited from Old Polish las.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈlas/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈlas/
• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): [ˈlas]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: las
• Homophone: Las

Noun

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

1. forest, woods (dense uncultivated tract of trees)

   Synonym: (dialectal) bór

2. forest (dense collection or amount)
3. 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

Declension of las

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

• The Far Masovian dialect (Przasnysz), Podlachia dialect, (Tykocin), Biecz dialect, (Ropczyce-Sędziszów County), Podhale dialect, (Rabka-Zdrój) show a genitive singular form lasa; the Western Kraków dialect (Biała Błotna), Eastern Kraków dialect (Szczepanów, Kłaj) and the Łącko dialect (Zabrzeż) show lassa.
• The Far Masovian dialect (Przasnysz) shows a locative singular form lasie; the Podegrodzie dialect (Zawada) and Łącko dialect (Zabrzeż) show leśsie; the Biecz dialect (Ropczyce-Sędziszów County) shows lejsie.
• The Eastern Kraków dialect (Kłaj) shows a locative plural form lassach.

Derived terms

adjectives

• lesisty

adverbs

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

nouns

• bezlesie
• chłopiec z lasu
• las deszczowy
• lesopował
• leśnik

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

• bezleśność
• lesistość
• leśnictwo
• leśniczówka
• leśniczy
• leśniczyna
• zalesienie

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.

Further reading

• Modern Standard Polish:
  • “las”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[6] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • “las”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[7] (in Polish)
  • las in PWN's encyclopedia
  • las in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
  • Zygmunt Saloni, et al., editors (2020), “las”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎^[8], 4. online edition, Warszawa
• Middle Polish:
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, et al., editors (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
• Historic dictionaries:
  • 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
• Dialectal dictionaries:
  • Jan Karłowicz (1903), “las”, in Hieronim Łopaciński, Wacław Taczanowski, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 3: L do O, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 9
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867), “bór”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 268

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /las/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐʃ/

Pronoun

las

1. 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

1. 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)

1. (Kajkavian) hair

   Synonym: vlas

Further reading

• “las”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga kajkavskoga književnog jezika [Dictionary of the Croatian Kajkavian literary language] (in Serbo-Croatian), https://kajkavski.hr, 1984–2026

Silesian

Alternative forms

• les (Southern Silesian)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *leh₁s-u-der.?

Proto-Slavic *lě̑sъ

Old Polish las

Silesian las

Inherited from Old Polish las.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlas/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: las

Noun

las m inan (related adjective leśny)

1. forest, woods (dense uncultivated tract of trees)

   Synonyms: (Cieszyn) dōmbrowa, gŏj

Declension

Declension of las

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

Further reading

• las in dykcjonorz.eu
• las in silling.org

Slovene

Alternative forms

• laſ (Bohorič alphabet)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *volsь. Compare with obsolete vlas. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lȃs m inan or f

1. (anatomy) hair on top of head
2. (obsolete, dialectal) hair (anywhere)^[→SSKJ]
   • 2019 March 5, “Faun je ... Izvor in pomen besede "faun"”, in Punto Marinero‎^[9]:

     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.

3. nap, pile (The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile)
4. (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

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

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

• chiefly western dialects, often uncountable

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

Synonyms

• (sense 1)

• lasec
• lasek
• vlas

• (sense 2)

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

Derived terms

• dobiti sive lase
• dolgi lasje – kratka pamet
• iti v lase
• iti z roko skozi lase
• izgubiti lase
• lasȁt
• lasáti
• lāsəc
• lāsək
• lȃsən
• lasje koga bolijo
• lasje komu gredo pokonci
• lasje komu stopijo pokonci
• lasje komu vstajajo pokonci
• lasje se komu ježijo
• lȃsnat
• lȃsnica
• lasúlja
• lesti v lase
• na las
• puliti si lase
• sivi lasje
• skočiti v lase
• skriviti las
• v laseh
• viseti na lasu
• vleči za lase
• za las
• za lase privlečen
• zardeti do las
• zlásati
• žabji las

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *leh₁s-u-der.?

Proto-Slavic *lě̑sъ

Slovincian las

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lě̑sъ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

las m inan (related adjective lasny)

1. forest, woods (dense uncultivated tract of trees)

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908), “lãs”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[10] (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

1. feminine plural definite article; the
   • 2025 June 20, Randi Kaye and David von Blohn, “El ICE renueva acuerdo con el centro de detención que, según la agencia, no cumplía las normas”, in CNN en Español‎^[11]:

     Sin embargo, en abril de este año, cuando las deportaciones se dispararon bajo la segunda administración de Trump, el ICE restableció su contrato con el condado de Glades.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• el m
• la f
• los m pl

Etymology 2

Pronoun

las f pl

1. accusative of ellas; them
2. accusative of ustedes (when referring to more than one woman); you all (formal)
3. feminine plural pronoun

   las que no hablan

   those (women) who do not speak

Etymology 3

Noun

las m pl

1. plural of la

See also

Spanish personal pronouns

number	person			Nominative	Disjunctive	Dative	Accusative	Comitative
singular	1st			yo	mí	me		conmigo
	2nd	fam.		tú1, vos2	ti1, vos2	te		contigo
		m	for.	usted		le, se4	lo	—
		f					la
	3rd	m		él		le, se4	lo
		f		ella			la
		n		ello6			lo
plural	1st	m		nosotros		nos
		f		nosotras
	2nd	m	fam.5	vosotros		os
		f		vosotras
		m	for.	ustedes		les, se4	los
		f					las
	3rd	m		ellos		les, se4	los
		f		ellas			las
Reflexive				—	sí	se		consigo

1. Tuteo
2. Voseo
3. 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).
4. Used primarily in Spain.
5. Only used in certain circumstances and rarely as a subject pronoun.

Further reading

• “los”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Verb

las

1. past passive indicative of lägga

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laːs/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

las

1. soft mutation of glas

Etymology 2

From English lace.

Noun

las f (not mutable, collective, singulative lasen f or lasyn m, plural lasau or lasiau or lasys)

1. 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