-less

Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

Lacking (something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun.

Sinonimai

Tariamas kaip (IPA)
/ləs/
Etimologija (Anglų k.)

In summary

From Middle English -les, -leas, from Old English -lēas (“-less”) (compare lēas (“devoid of, loose from, false”)), from Proto-West Germanic *-laus, from Proto-Germanic *-lausaz, from *lausaz (“loose”). (Not related to less, which derives from *laisiz, *laisizô.) Cognate with Scots -less, West Frisian -leas, Saterland Frisian -loos, Dutch -loos (“-less”), Low German -los, German -los, Danish -løs, Swedish -lös, Icelandic -laus. More at lease (“false”).

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