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léigh

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See also: leigh, Leigh, and lèigh

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish légaid,[2] from Latin legō.

Verb

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léigh (present analytic léann, future analytic léifidh, verbal noun léamh, past participle léite)

  1. (transitive) to read
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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léigh (present analytic léann, future analytic léifidh, verbal noun léamh, past participle léite)

  1. Ulster form of leáigh (to melt)

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 230, page 84
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “légaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language