lã

From Latin illīs, dative common plural of ille. Compare Romanian le.

lã m (short/unstressed dative form of elj)

1. (indirect object) (to) them (all-male or mixed group)

lã f (short/unstressed dative form of eali)

1. (indirect object) (to) them (all female group)

• (a) lor (masculine/feminine plural dative- long/stressed form)
• ãlj/ilj, lji (masculine/feminine singular dative- short/unstressed form)
• li (feminine plural accusative- short/unstressed form)

From Old Portuguese lãa (“wool”), from Latin lāna (“wool”), from Proto-Italic *wlānā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.

Cognate with Galician la, Spanish lana, Catalan llana, Occitan lana, French laine, Italian lana and Romanian lână.

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɐ̃/

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• Hyphenation: lã
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃

lã f (plural lãs)

1. wool