leagan
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Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲaɡən̪ˠ/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲæɡən̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲɨ̞ɡənˠ/, /ˈl̠ʲɨ̞ɡən̪ˠ/[1]
Noun
[edit]leagan m (genitive singular as substantive leagain, genitive as verbal noun leagtha, nominative plural leaganacha)
- verbal noun of leag
- laying
- drop (of goods)
- felling (of trees)
- Synonym: réiteach
- version, reading, form, phrase (of text)
- (linguistics) variant
Declension
[edit]- As substantive
Declension of leagan
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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- As verbal noun
Declension of leagan
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- foleagan (“underlay, underlap”)
- mórleagan (“major premise”)
- sil-leagan (“(geological) deposit”)
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leagan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN