leadhb
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish ledb (“strip of skin or leather, weal”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leadhb f (genitive singular leidhbe, nominative plural leadhbanna or leadhba or leadhbthacha)
- strip (e.g. of a hide, of a covering, etc.)
- tattered thing; rag, clout
- ragged, slovenly, person; slattern, slut
- silly person, clown
- stroke, blow
- (literary) weal, welt
Declension edit
Declension of leadhb
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural forms: leadhba, leadhbthacha, leadhbacha
Derived terms edit
- leadhb ghadhair f (“dog's tongue”)
- leadhbach (“tattered; clownish”, adjective)
- leadhbaire m (“slovenly, person”)
- leadhbán m (“small strip”)
- leadhbóg f (“shred; flatfish”)
- leidhbín m
Verb edit
leadhb (present analytic leadhbann, future analytic leadhbfaidh, verbal noun leadhbadh, past participle leadhbtha) (transitive)
Conjugation edit
conjugation of leadhb (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
- leadhbálaí m (“cajoler, flatterer, sycophant”)
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leadhb”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ledb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 62