léargas

Irish

Alternative forms

• léargus, leurgas, leurgus (obsolete)

Etymology

Apparently from léardha, alternative form of léir (“clear, lucid”) + -as. However, the attestations in the Historical Irish Corpas, which date back to 1700, are never spelled with dh.

Noun

léargas m (genitive singular léargais)

1. visibility (degree to which things may be seen)
2. insight (power of acute observation and deduction), glimpse, sight
3. enlightenment, illumination

Declension

Declension of léargas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative léargas Vocative a léargais Genitive léargais Dative léargas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an léargas Genitive an léargais Dative leis an léargas don léargas

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “léargus”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 427
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “léargas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN