léigiún

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Irish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin legiō (“legion”).

Noun

léigiún m (genitive singular léigiúin, nominative plural léigiúin)

(military) legion

Declension

Declension of léigiún

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	léigiún	léigiúin
Vocative	a léigiúin	a léigiúna
Genitive	léigiúin	léigiún
Dative	léigiún	léigiúin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an léigiún	na léigiúin
Genitive	an léigiúin	na léigiún
Dative	leis an léigiún don léigiún	leis na léigiúin

Derived terms

An Léigiún Coigríochach (“the (Foreign) Legion”)
Léigiún Coigríochach na Fraince (“the French Foreign Legion”)

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “léigiún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“legion”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “léigiún”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

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