lèigh

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See also: leigh, Leigh, and léigh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish líaig (leech, doctor, physician).

Pronunciation

Noun

lèigh m (genitive singular lèigh, plural lèighean)

  1. doctor, surgeon, physician
Synonyms

Noun

lèigh m (genitive singular lèighe, plural lèighean)

  1. medicine

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish léige.

Noun

lèigh

  1. genitive singular of liogh

Mutation

Mutation of lèigh
radical lenition
lèigh unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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