Noun: ley
Gender: f
Hyphenation: ley
| Singular f | ley |
| Plural f | leyes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like ley
extraterritorialidad,
combatividad,
viscoelasticidad,
pubertad,
hiperexcitabilidad,
urbanidad,
actividad,
salubridad,
retrorreflectividad,
humanidad,
mutagenicidad,
condicionalidad,
hipoactividad,
microuniversidad,
incapacidad,
nicaraguanidad,
cooficialidad,
neoesclavitud,
falsabilidad,
adaptabilidad, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish ley, from Latin lēgem (whence English legal and legitimate), from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s, from *leǵ- (“to gather”). See: Old Spanish Nouns '
ley', Old Spanish Nouns '
ley', Latin Nouns '
lēx'.
Verbs referencing "ley"
Portuguese Nouns
lei.
Translations