lèigh

See also: leigh, Leigh, and léigh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish líaig (“leech, doctor, physician”).

Noun

lèigh m (genitive singular lèigh, plural lèighean)

1. doctor, surgeon, physician

Synonyms

• dotair
• lighiche

Derived terms

• leigheas m (“cure, remedy, medicine; healing, curing, act of caring”)
• riaghailt-lèigh f (“prescription”)

Etymology 2

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Noun

lèigh f

1. medicine

Adjective

lèigh

1. medical

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “lèigh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 líaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language