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Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Adjective
leisg
- lazy, indolent, slothful
- cho leisg ris a' chù - very lazy (idiom, literally "as lazy as the dog")
- loath, reluctant, unwilling
Synonyms
Derived terms
Noun
leisg f (genitive singular leisge, no plural)
- laziness, sloth, slothfulness, indolence, inertia
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “leisg”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC