léigh

See also: leigh, Leigh, and lèigh

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /lʲeːɟ/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): (imperative) /l̠ʲeː/, (analytic past indicative) /lʲeː/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): (imperative) /l̠ʲeːj/, (analytic past indicative) /lʲeːj/[1]
  • Homophone: leáigh (Ulster)

Etymology 1

From Old Irish légaid,[2] from Latin legō.

Verb

léigh (present analytic léann, future analytic léifidh, verbal noun léamh, past participle léite)

  1. (transitive) to read
Conjugation
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Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

léigh (present analytic léann, future analytic léifidh, verbal noun léamh, past participle léite)

  1. Ulster form of leáigh (to melt)

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 230, page 84
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “légaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language