leagan

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See also: leagãn and leagăn

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

leagan m (genitive singular as substantive leagain, genitive as verbal noun leagtha, nominative plural leaganacha)

  1. verbal noun of leag
  2. laying
  3. drop (of goods)
  4. felling (of trees)
    Synonym: réiteach
  5. version, reading, form, phrase (of text)
    Synonyms: insint (“version (of text)”), frása (“phrase, version”), cineál (“form”)
  6. (linguistics) variant

Declension

As substantive
Declension of leagan (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative leagan leaganacha
vocative a leagain a leaganacha
genitive leagain leaganacha
dative leagan leaganacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an leagan na leaganacha
genitive an leagain na leaganacha
dative leis an leagan
don leagan 		leis na leaganacha
As verbal noun
Declension of leagan (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative leagan
vocative a leagan
genitive leagtha
dative leagan
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an leagan
genitive an leagtha
dative leis an leagan
don leagan

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42

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