lheie

Manx

Etymology

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

Verb

lheie (past participle lheiht)

1. to melt
2. (metallurgy) to smelt

Derived terms

• co-lheie (“to fuse; to amalgamate”)
• so-lheiaght (“fusibility”)
• yn-lheie (“fusible, liquefiable; digestible”)

Noun

lheie m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. verbal noun of lheie
2. (metallurgy) smelting