leáigh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish legaid, from Proto-Celtic *legeti, from Proto-Indo-European *leg-. Cognate with Manx lheie, Scottish Gaelic leagh, and English leak.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /lʲɑːɟ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /l̠ʲɑː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /l̠ʲeːj/[1] (as if spelled léigh)
  • Homophone: léigh (Ulster)

Verb

leáigh (present analytic leánn, future analytic leáfaidh, verbal noun leá, past participle leáite)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to melt

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 60

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “leaġaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 424
  • leáigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leáigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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