fles

See also: fleš and FLES

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch flassche, flessche, from Old Dutch *flaska, from Proto-West Germanic *flaskā, from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /flɛs/
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  • Hyphenation: fles
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

fles f (plural flessen, diminutive flesje n)

  1. bottle

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Negerhollands: flessis
  • → Loup A: plas
  • → Mahican: pnàsch
  • → Papiamentu: flèshi, fleishi, fleshi, fleisji

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fles, from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *plē- (“to cut off, split off”), probably related to *pleh₂- (“flat”) and thus English flake.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fleːs/

Noun

fles f (genitive singular flesjar, plural flesjar)

  1. skerry

Declension
f8 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fles flesin flesjar flesjarnar
Accusative fles flesina flesjar flesjarnar
Dative fles flesini flesjum flesjunum
Genitive flesjar flesjarinnar flesja flesjanna

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 2424, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2424

Indonesian

Noun

fles (first-person possessive flesku, second-person possessive flesmu, third-person possessive flesnya)

  1. flask

Latin

Verb

flēs

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of fleō

Middle English

Noun

fles

  1. Alternative form of flees

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fles.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fleːs/

Noun

fles f (definite singular flesa, indefinite plural fleser, definite plural flesene)

  1. a small (and bare) rock reef just above the surface of the water

Inflection
Historical inflection of fles
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
1901 fles flesi flesjar flesjarne (flesjane)
1917 flesa, flesi fleser, flesjar flesene, flesjane
1938 flesa [flesi] fleser flesene
2012 (current) fles flesa fleser flesene

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flasjō.

Noun

fles f (genitive flesjar, plural flesjar)

  1. a small (and bare) rock reef just above the surface of the water

Declension
  Declension of fles (strong jō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fles flesin flesjar flesjarnar
accusative fles flesina flesjar flesjarnar
dative fles flesinni flesjum flesjunum
genitive flesjar flesjarinnar flesja flesjanna

Descendants

References
  • “fles”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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