lesh

From Proto-Albanian *laiša, close to the Balto-Slavic word for 'foliage'. Compare Lithuanian laĩškos (“leaf”), Latvian laĩska (“leaf on a linen stalk; stalk”), Proto-Slavic *lȋstъ (“leaf”).^[1] Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *(u)laś-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“wool”). Cognate to Latin vellus (“wool, fleece, skin”).^[2]

lesh m

1. wool, hair, fleece

• kalesh
• kërlesh

From Old Irish leiss (“with him, with it”) and lassin, lass (“with the”), from la (“with”).

lesh

1. Introduces small clause of motion

   Ersooyl lhiat!

   Off with you!

   Stiagh lhiat 'sy ghleashtan.

   Get in the car.

2. Marks possession with appropriate form of s'

   B'lesh Juan y cabbyl.

   John owned the horse.

3. with, by means of

   Va mee caggey lesh cliwe. ― I was fighting with a sword.

   C'red t'ou keeayllaghey lesh yn ockle shoh?

   What do you mean by this word?

4. for

   Chaill eh eh hene lesh.

   He sacrificed himself for it.

5. toward

   Hie eh lesh y thie.

   He went in the direction of the house.

   goll lesh Doolish ― towards Douglas

• er son (“for”)
• cour (“toward”)

lesh

1. third-person singular of lesh

   with him/it

   (idiomatic) his/its

• leshyn (emphatic)