lesh
See also: Lesh
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *laiša, close to the Balto-Slavic word for 'foliage'. Compare Lithuanian laĩškos (“leaf”), Latvian laĩska (“leaf on a linen stalk; stalk”), Proto-Slavic *listь (“leaf”).[1] Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *(u)laś-, from Proto-Indo-European *Huelh1- (“wool”). Cognate to Latin vellus (“wool, fleece, skin”).[2]
References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lesh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 219-220
- Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 238
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish leiss (“with him, with it”) and lassin, lass (“with the”), from la (“with”).
Preposition
lesh
- Introduces small clause of motion
- Ersooyl lhiat!
- Off with you!
- Stiagh lhiat 'sy ghleashtan.
- Get in the car.
- Marks possession with appropriate form of s'
- B'lesh Juan y cabbyl.
- John owned the horse.
- with, by means of
- Va mee caggey lesh cliwe. ― I was fighting with a sword.
- C'red t'ou keeayllaghey lesh yn ockle shoh?
- What do you mean by this word?
- for
- Chaill eh eh hene lesh.
- He sacrificed himself for it.
- toward
- Hie eh lesh y thie.
- He went in the direction of the house.
- goll lesh Doolish ― towards Douglas
Inflection
| Singular | Plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd m. | 3rd f. | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Normal | lhiam | lhiat | lesh | lhee | lhien | lhiu | lhieu |
| Emphatic | lhiams | lhiats | leshyn | lheeish | lhienyn | lhiuish | lhieusyn |
Derived terms
- leshyn (emphatic)
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