leasc
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Adjective[edit]
leasc (genitive singular masculine leasc, genitive singular feminine leisce, plural leasca, comparative leisce)
- sluggish
- lazy
- reluctant (not wanting to take some action), loath, unwilling (predicative construction with le)
- Synonym: drogallach
- Is leasc liom é sin a dhéanamh.
- I am reluctant/loath/unwilling to do that.
- slow (lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation)
- Synonym: mall
- (medicine) indolent (causing little or no physical pain; healing slowly)
Declension[edit]
Declension of leasc
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Further reading[edit]
- “leasc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 lesc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “leasc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 427
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leasc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 22