liag

See also: líag

Dibabawon Manobo

Adjective

liag

  1. happy

Irish

Noun

liag f (genitive singular léige, nominative plural liaga)

  1. stone
  2. headstone

Declension
Declension of liag

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative liag liaga
Vocative a liag a liaga
Genitive léige liag
Dative liag
léig (archaic, dialectal)		 liaga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an liag na liaga
Genitive na léige na liag
Dative leis an liag
leis an léig (archaic, dialectal)

don liag
don léig (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na liaga

Noun

liag

  1. inflection of lia (“stone, pillar”):
    1. genitive plural
    2. (archaic) genitive singular

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ljim (“sickle”). Compare Chinese 鐮／镰 (lián).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /liə̯˧˩̤/

Noun

liag

  1. sickle (e.g. for harvesting rice)

References
  • Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)
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