leá

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Irish

Alternative forms

leaghadh (obsolete)

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /lʲaː/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲɑː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲeːw/, ^[1] (as if spelled léadh)

Noun

leá m (genitive singular as substantive leá, genitive as verbal noun leáite)

verbal noun of leáigh
dissolution

References

^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 60

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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