ls

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ls"

English

Noun

ls

1. (proofreading) Initialism of letterspacing.

Noun

ls

1. plural of l

Usage notes

• Opinions vary regarding the use of apostrophes when forming the plurals of letters of the alphabet. New Fowler’s Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states on page 602 that “after letters an apostrophe is obligatory.” The 17th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.15, “To aid comprehension, lowercase letters form the plural with an apostrophe and an s”. The Oxford Style Manual on page 116 advocates the use of common sense.

Anagrams

• S & L, S&L, SL, Sl.

Demotic Egyptian

Etymology

From Egyptian (ns, “tongue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /las/, /les/ (depending on dialect)

Noun

⁠⁠ m

1. tongue

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲗⲉⲥ (les)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲗⲁⲥ (las)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲗⲉⲥ (les)
• Old Coptic: ⲗⲁⲥ (las)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲗⲁⲥ (las)

References

• Erichsen, Wolja (1954), Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, page 263

Mirandese

Article

ls m pl (singular l, feminine la, feminine plural las)

1. the

   ls pertueses

   the Portuguese

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ălsəʔ (“to wear”).

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⵍⵙ (ls, “to put on”), Zenaga yitʸša (“to wear”), Tetserret elš (“to wear”), Ghadames ăls (“to wear”), and Tamasheq ălsu (“to wear, to be covered”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ls/

Verb

ls (intensive aorist lssa, verbal noun timlsit, Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵙ, Arabic spelling لس)

1. to wear, to dress, to be clothed

   ما تلسيت غاسّانّ لّيغ ك مقّارغ؟

   ma tlsit ɣassann lliɣ k mqqarɣ?

   what were you wearing when we met that day?

Derived terms

• malsa (“clothes”)
• mmls, mmlsu (“to be put on, dress each other”)
• timlsit (“cloth”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1533b