leáigh

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Irish

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Etymology

From Old Irish legaid, from Proto-Celtic *legeti, from Proto-Indo-European *leg-. Cognate with Manx lheie, Scottish Gaelic leagh, and English leak.

Pronunciation

Verb

leáigh (present analytic leánn, future analytic leáfaidh, verbal noun leá, past participle leáite)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to melt

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References

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

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