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-les
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Appendix:Variations of "les"
Middle English
Etymology 1
enm :inh ang:-lēas 1
enm ang -lēas -less (akin to ang lēas devoid of, loose from, false), from enm gmw-pro *-laus, from enm gem-pro *-lausaz, from gem-pro *lausaz loose.
Alternative forms
enm -las -lasse -læs -leas -lease -leæs -lees -lese -lesse -lez -lies -liese -lis -lise -lyas -lyese
Pronunciation
enm /-lɛ̝ːs/ /-lɛs/
Suffix
enm suffix noun-forming suffixes
Lacking (something); without (something).
Usage notes
-les and its variants are affixed to nouns in order to form adjectives denoting absence of that noun.
Derived terms
enm
enm armles bonles catelles causeles childrenles cloudeles comfortles defautles drinkeles fleshles harmles husbondles witles
Descendants
en -less
gmw-msc -les
sco -less
References
-lē̆s suf MED25201 6 April 2018
Etymology 2
Suffix
enm suffix 1
enm -els
Old English
Pronunciation
-les
Suffix
ang suffix form
ang -el gen sg