léigh
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish légaid, from Latin legō.
Pronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /lʲeːɟ/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): (imperative) /l̠ʲeː/, (analytic past indicative) /lʲeː/
- (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): (imperative) /l̠ʲeːj/, (analytic past indicative) /lʲeːj/
- Homophone: leáigh (Ulster)
Verb
editléigh (present analytic léann, future analytic léifidh, verbal noun léamh, past participle léite)
Conjugation
editconjugation of léigh (first conjugation – C)
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | léim | léann tú; léir† |
léann sé, sí | léimid | léann sibh | léann siad; léid† |
a léann; a léas | léitear |
past | léigh mé; léas | léigh tú; léis |
léigh sé, sí | léamar; léigh muid | léigh sibh; léabhair | léigh siad; léadar | a léigh / ar léigh* |
léadh | |
past habitual | léinn | léiteá | léadh sé, sí | léimis; léadh muid | léadh sibh | léidís; léadh siad | a léadh / a léadh* |
léití | |
future | léifidh mé; léifead |
léifidh tú; léifir† |
léifidh sé, sí | léifimid; léifidh muid |
léifidh sibh | léifidh siad; léifid† |
a léifidh; a léifeas | léifear | |
conditional | léifinn | léifeá | léifeadh sé, sí | léifimis; léifeadh muid | léifeadh sibh | léifidís; léifeadh siad | a léifeadh / a léifeadh* |
léifí | |
subjunctive | present | go lé mé; go léad† |
go lé tú; go léir† |
go lé sé, sí | go léimid; go lé muid |
go lé sibh | go lé siad; go léid† |
— | go léitear |
past | dá léinn | dá léiteá | dá léadh sé, sí | dá léimis; dá léadh muid |
dá léadh sibh | dá léidís; dá léadh siad |
— | dá léití | |
imperative | léim | léigh | léadh sé, sí | léimis | léigí; léidh† |
léidís | — | léitear | |
verbal noun | léamh | ||||||||
past participle | léite |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “légaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “léiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 432
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “léigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 84
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leǵ-
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Latin
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish terms with homophones
- Irish lemmas
- Irish verbs
- Irish transitive verbs
- Irish first-conjugation contract verbs