leadhb

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ledb (“strip of skin or leather, weal”).

Noun

leadhb f (genitive singular leidhbe, nominative plural leadhbanna or leadhba or leadhbthacha)

1. strip
   1. strip of hide; hide, pelt
   2. strip of surface, of covering
   3. piece cut off something
   4. (strip of) tongue
2. tattered thing; rag, clout
3. 1. ragged, slovenly, person; slattern, slut
   2. silly person, clown
4. 1. stroke, blow
   2. (literary) weal, welt

Declension

Declension of leadhb

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative leadhb leadhbanna Vocative a leadhb a leadhbanna Genitive leidhbe leadhbanna Dative leadhb leidhb (archaic, dialectal) leadhbanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an leadhb na leadhbanna Genitive na leidhbe na leadhbanna Dative leis an leadhb leis an leidhb (archaic, dialectal) don leadhb don leidhb (archaic, dialectal) leis na leadhbanna

• Alternative plural forms: leadhba, leadhbthacha, leadhbacha

Derived terms

• leadhb ghadhair f (“dog's tongue, hound's tongue”)
• leadhbach (“torn in strips, tattered; shabby; clownish, silly”, adjective)
• leadhbaire m (“ragged, slovenly, person; clown, dolt”)
• leadhbán m (“small strip; shred, tatter; tattered person; simpleton, clown; soft roe, milt”)
• leadhbóg f (“shred, tatter; untidy woman; flatfish, flounder”)

 

Verb

leadhb (present analytic leadhbann, future analytic leadhbfaidh, verbal noun leadhbadh, past participle leadhbtha)

1. (transitive) tear in strips, rend asunder
2. (transitive) beat, thrash
3. (transitive) lap, lick

Conjugation

conjugation of leadhb (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	leadhbaim	leadhbann tú; leadhbair†	leadhbann sé, sí	leadhbaimid	leadhbann sibh	leadhbann siad; leadhbaid†	a leadhbann; a leadhbas	leadhbtar
	past	leadhb mé; leadhbas	leadhb tú; leadhbais	leadhb sé, sí	leadhbamar; leadhb muid	leadhb sibh; leadhbabhair	leadhb siad; leadhbadar	a leadhb / ar leadhb*	leadhbadh
	past habitual	leadhbainn	leadhbtá	leadhbadh sé, sí	leadhbaimis; leadhbadh muid	leadhbadh sibh	leadhbaidís; leadhbadh siad	a leadhbadh / a leadhbadh*	leadhbtaí
future		leadhbfaidh mé; leadhbfad	leadhbfaidh tú; leadhbfair†	leadhbfaidh sé, sí	leadhbfaimid; leadhbfaidh muid	leadhbfaidh sibh	leadhbfaidh siad; leadhbfaid†	a leadhbfaidh; a leadhbfas	leadhbfar
conditional		leadhbfainn	leadhbfá	leadhbfadh sé, sí	leadhbfaimis; leadhbfadh muid	leadhbfadh sibh	leadhbfaidís; leadhbfadh siad	a leadhbfadh / a leadhbfadh*	leadhbfaí
subjunctive	present	go leadhba mé; go leadhbad†	go leadhba tú; go leadhbair†	go leadhba sé, sí	go leadhbaimid; go leadhba muid	go leadhba sibh	go leadhba siad; go leadhbaid†	—	go leadhbtar
	past	dá leadhbainn	dá leadhbtá	dá leadhbadh sé, sí	dá leadhbaimis; dá leadhbadh muid	dá leadhbadh sibh	dá leadhbaidís; dá leadhbadh siad	—	dá leadhbtaí
imperative		leadhbaim	leadhb	leadhbadh sé, sí	leadhbaimis	leadhbaigí; leadhbaidh†	leadhbaidís	—	leadhbtar
verbal noun		leadhbadh
past participle		leadhbtha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

Alternative forms

• leadhbáil

Derived terms

• leadhbálaí m (“cajoler, flatterer, sycophant”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leadhb”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ledb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language