leisce
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish leisce. By surface analysis, leasc + -e.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leisce f (genitive singular leisce)
- sloth, laziness, idleness
- languor, lassitude
- disinclination, reluctance, unwillingness, hesitation
- Synonym: drogall
Declension edit
Declension of leisce
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- giolla na leisce (“lazybones, lotus eater”)
- leisceoir
- leisciúil
Adjective edit
leisce
- inflection of leasc:
Further reading edit
- “leisce”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “leisce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “leisce”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 433
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24