-les
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "les"
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old English -lēas (“-less”) (akin to lēas (“devoid of, loose from, false”)), from Proto-West Germanic *-laus, from Proto-Germanic *-lausaz, from *lausaz (“loose”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-les
Usage notes
- -les and its variants are affixed to nouns in order to form adjectives denoting absence of that noun.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- armles
- bonles
- catelles
- causeles
- childrenles
- cloudeles
- comfortles
- defautles
- drinkeles
- fereles
- fleshles
- groundles
- harmles
- havenles
- husbondles
- witles
Descendants
References
- “-lē̆s, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 April 2018.
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