léas
Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Irish lés (“light, radiance”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸlenstus. Possibly influenced by Old Norse ljós.
Noun[edit]
léas m (genitive singular léis, nominative plural léasacha)
- ray of light; light, radiance; beam, streak (of light); gleam, glimmer
- weal, welt; red spot, blister
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Irish léas, from Middle English, from Anglo-Norman lesser, laisier (“to let, let go”), from Medieval Latin lassō (“let, let go”).
Noun[edit]
léas m (genitive singular léasa, nominative plural léasanna)
Declension[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
léas f (genitive singular léise, nominative plural léasa)
- Alternative form of dias (“ear of corn; spike; point; scion”)
- (agriculture) cornstalk (with ear)
- wisp of straw
Declension[edit]
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 4[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb[edit]
léas (present analytic léasann, future analytic léasfaidh, verbal noun léasadh, past participle léasta)
- (transitive) welt; thrash, flog
Conjugation[edit]
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Etymology 5[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
léas
- inflection of léigh:
- relative present indicative
- first-person singular past indicative
Alternative forms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “léas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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