lèigh

See also: leigh, Leigh, and léigh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʎeː/

Noun

lèigh m (genitive singular lèigh, plural lèighean)

  1. doctor, surgeon, physician
Synonyms

Noun

lèigh m (genitive singular lèighe, plural lèighean)

  1. medicine

Derived terms

  • feall-lèigh m (“quack”)
  • làmh-lèigh m (“surgeon”)
  • lèigh-ainmhidhean m (“veterinarian”)
  • lèigh-eòlas m (“medicine, medical science”)
  • lèigh-fhiaclan m (“dentist”)
  • lèigh-loisg (“cauterize”, verb)
  • lèigh-shùilean m (“oculist”)
  • lèigheadaireachd f (“pharmacy”)
  • leigheas-cloinne m (“paediatrics, pediatrics”)
  • riaghailt-lèigh f (“prescription”)
  • sgian-lèigh f (“scalpel”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish léige.

Noun

lèigh

  1. genitive singular of liogh

Mutation

Mutation of lèigh
radical lenition
lèigh unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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
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