Irish edit

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Etymology edit

From Old Irish legaid, from Proto-Celtic *legeti, from Proto-Indo-European *leg-. Cognate with Manx lheie, Scottish Gaelic leagh, and English leak.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

leáigh (present analytic leánn, future analytic leáfaidh, verbal noun leá, past participle leáite)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to melt

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References edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 60

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