leisciúil

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From leisce (“laziness, sloth”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

leisciúil (genitive singular masculine leisciúil, genitive singular feminine leisciúla, plural leisciúla, comparative leisciúla)

  1. lazy, slothful
  2. reluctant, loath
  3. shy

Declension

Declension of leisciúil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative leisciúil leisciúil leisciúla
vocative leisciúil leisciúla
genitive leisciúla leisciúla leisciúil
dative leisciúil leisciúil leisciúla
Comparative níos leisciúla
Superlative is leisciúla

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “leiscemail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “leisceamhail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 165, page 85

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