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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish lesc.
Pronunciation
Adjective
leasc (genitive singular masculine leasc, genitive singular feminine leisce, plural leasca, comparative leisce)
- sluggish
- Synonyms: spadánta, marbhánta
- lazy
- Synonyms: leisciúil, falsa
- reluctant (not wanting to take some action), loath, unwilling (predicative construction with le)
- Synonym: drogallach
Is leasc liom é sin a dhéanamh.- I am reluctant/loath/unwilling to do that.
- slow (lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation)
- Synonym: mall
- (medicine) indolent (causing little or no physical pain; healing slowly)
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Further reading
- “leasc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lesc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “leasc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 427
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leasc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 22