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Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
laghdú m (genitive singular laghdaithe, nominative plural laghduithe)
- verbal noun of laghdaigh (“to lessen”)
- decrease
- diminution
- reduction (act, process or result of reducing)
- abatement
- curtailment
- depletion
Declension
References
Further reading
- “laghdú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lagdugad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “laġḋuġaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 413
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “laghdú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN