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Albanian
Etymology
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 *listь (“leaf”). Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *(u)laś-, from Proto-Indo-European *Huelh1- (“wool”). Cognate to Latin vellus (“wool, fleece, skin”).
Noun
lesh m
- wool, hair, fleece
Derived terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lesh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 219-220
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 238
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish leiss (“with him, with it”) and lassin, lass (“with the”), from la (“with”).
Preposition
lesh
- Introduces small clause of motion
Ersooyl lhiat!- Off with you!
Stiagh lhiat 'sy ghleashtan.- Get in the car.
- Marks possession with appropriate form of s'
B'lesh Juan y cabbyl.- John owned the horse.
- 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?
- for
Chaill eh eh hene lesh.- He sacrificed himself for it.
- toward
Hie eh lesh y thie.- He went in the direction of the house.
- goll lesh Doolish ― towards Douglas
Inflection
Synonyms
Pronoun
lesh
- third-person singular of lesh
- with him/it
- (idiomatic) his/its
Derived terms