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English
Noun
leag (plural leags)
- Archaic spelling of league.
1989, Harry W. Duckworth, The English River Book: A North West Company Journal and Account Book of 1786, McGill-Queens, →ISBN, page 19:I found the hand & three others Indians the rest of the Canoes Camped 2 leags Below
2000, Harry S. Burrage, Gorges and the Grant of the Province of Maine 1622, Heritage Books, →ISBN, page 81:… from the Illand of flowers beinge ten Leags South weste from ytt.
2006, Joseph E. Garland, The Fish and the Falcon, The History Press, →ISBN, page 156:… E [by] S distant six Leags.
Anagrams
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish lecaid, from Old Norse leggja.
Verb
leag (present analytic leagann, future analytic leagfaidh, verbal noun leagan, past participle leagtha) (transitive, intransitive)
- knock down
- lower
- lay, set
- Leagfaigh tú síos ansin anois na bosca sin. ― You set those boxes down there now.
- (knitting) cast off (stitch)
- (card games) play
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Etymology 2
Noun
leag f (genitive singular leige, nominative plural leaga)
- Alternative form of leac
Declension
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 lecaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “leagaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *laugu, from Proto-Germanic *laugō.
Pronunciation
Noun
lēag f
- lye (a mixture of ashes and water), detergent
Declension
Declension of leag (strong ō-stem)
Related terms
Descendants