kreiss

Etymology
From, , , changed to (whence also ), with a suffix -so. The meaning evolved from “bent, crooked” to “not strong, clumsy, weaker, less good,” hence “left (hand),” as opposed to the “good,” “able” right hand. Cognates include 🇨🇬, (presumably from “that which bends, rocks”).

Adjective

 * 1)  left, left-side located on the side of the human body that contains the heart
 * 2)  left, left-side located on the side (of another living being or object) that is analogous to the human left side
 * 3)  on, to the left
 * 4)  left, left-wing politically progressive, in favor of social change; revolutionary
 * 1)  on, to the left
 * 2)  left, left-wing politically progressive, in favor of social change; revolutionary
 * 1)  on, to the left
 * 2)  left, left-wing politically progressive, in favor of social change; revolutionary
 * 1)  on, to the left
 * 2)  left, left-wing politically progressive, in favor of social change; revolutionary
 * 1)  on, to the left
 * 2)  left, left-wing politically progressive, in favor of social change; revolutionary
 * 1)  on, to the left
 * 2)  left, left-wing politically progressive, in favor of social change; revolutionary
 * 1)  left, left-wing politically progressive, in favor of social change; revolutionary
 * 1)  left, left-wing politically progressive, in favor of social change; revolutionary

Usage notes
This adjective is generally used in its definite forms (,, etc.). The indefinite forms do occur as predicates after the verb, especially in the political, “left-wing” sense (see examples above).

Antonyms

 * labais “right”
 * “right-wing”