léas
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Irish lés (“light, radiance”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸlenstus. Possibly influenced by Old Norse ljós.
Noun edit
léas m (genitive singular léis, nominative plural léasacha)
- ray of light; light, radiance; beam, streak (of light); gleam, glimmer
- weal, welt; red spot, blister
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Irish léas, from Middle English, from Anglo-Norman lesser, laisier (“to let, let go”), from Medieval Latin lassō (“let, let go”).
Noun edit
léas m (genitive singular léasa, nominative plural léasanna)
Declension edit
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
léas f (genitive singular léise, nominative plural léasa)
- Alternative form of dias (“ear of corn; spike; point; scion”)
- (agriculture) cornstalk (with ear)
- wisp of straw
Declension edit
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 4 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb edit
léas (present analytic léasann, future analytic léasfaidh, verbal noun léasadh, past participle léasta)
- (transitive) welt; thrash, flog
Conjugation edit
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Etymology 5 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
léas
- inflection of léigh:
- relative present indicative
- first-person singular past indicative
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “léas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN