Noun: lei
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | lei |
| Plural f | leis |
Sample Sentences
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1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 1st canto (And those who by valourous deeds free themselves from the law of Death.)
Nouns inflected like lei
palestra,
indumentária,
metafísica,
histerectomia,
cumplicidade,
serifa,
sestra,
secura,
semana,
estrebaria,
estreiteza,
savana,
saroba,
sapata,
safena,
safira,
militança,
sacada,
sacola,
sanita, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Old Galician-Portuguese lei, ley, from earlier lee, from Latin lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s < *leǵ-.
2. Cognate with Galician lei, Spanish ley, Catalan llei, Occitan lei, French loi, Italian legge and Romanian lege. See: Latin Nouns '
lex', Galician Nouns '
lei', Spanish Nouns '
ley', Catalan Nouns '
llei', French Nouns '
loi', Italian Nouns '
legge', Romanian Nouns '
lege'.
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