leibhéal
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From English level, from Middle English level, from Old French livel, from Latin libella (“a balance, level”), diminutive of libra (“scale”)
Noun edit
leibhéal m (genitive singular leibhéil, nominative plural leibhéil)
- level
- level (tool)
- (nonstandard) verbal noun of leibhéal
Declension edit
Declension of leibhéal
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- ar leibhéal (“level, on a level surface”)
- ardleibhéal m (“higher level”)
- bonnleibhéal m (“base-level”)
- leibhéal na farraige m (“sea-level”)
- leibhéal na mara m (“sea-level”)
- meánleibhéal m (“mean level”)
Verb edit
leibhéal (present analytic leibhéalann, future analytic leibhéalfaidh, verbal noun leibhéaladh, past participle leibhéalta)
- (transitive) to level
Conjugation edit
conjugation of leibhéal (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
- Alternative verbal noun: leibhéal
Derived terms edit
- leibhéalaí m (“leveller”)
- leibhéalaíocht f (“(act of) levelling”)
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leibhéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “leibhéal” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “leibhéal” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.