leag
English edit
Noun edit
leag (plural leags)
Anagrams edit
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish lecaid, from Old Norse leggja.
Verb edit
leag (present analytic leagann, future analytic leagfaidh, verbal noun leagan, past participle leagtha) (transitive, intransitive)
- knock down
- lower
- lay, set
- Leagfaigh tú síos ansin anois na bosca sin. ― You set those boxes down there now.
- (knitting) cast off (stitch)
- (card games) play
Conjugation edit
conjugation of leag (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
leag f (genitive singular leige, nominative plural leaga)
- Alternative form of leac
Declension edit
Declension of leag
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 lecaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “leagaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “leag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *laugu, from Proto-Germanic *laugō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lēag f
Declension edit
Declension of leag (strong ō-stem)