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/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fles
• Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

fles f (plural flessen, diminutive flesje n)

1. bottle

Synonyms

• bottel (dated)
• bouteille (archaic)

Derived terms

• bierfles
• drinkfles
• flesopener
• flessenrek
• gasfles
• knijpfles
• Leidse fles
• waterfles
• wijnfles

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.

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

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

		singular		plural
		indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
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

• “fles” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• Faroese: fles
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fles

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fles”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive