-leas

-leas

1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of -les

• -lēs

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *-laus. Synchronically, from lēas (“false, devoid of, free from, without”).

• IPA^(key): /læ͜ɑːs/

-lēas

1. without, free from, devoid of
2. bereft of

• -līest

• Middle English: -les, -las, -lasse, -læs, -leas, -lease, -leæs, -lees, -lese, -lesse, -lez, -lies, -liese, -lis, -lise, -lyas, -lyese
  • English: -less
  • Middle Scots: -les
    • Scots: -less