léargas

Irish

Alternative forms

  • léargus, leurgas, leurgus (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

Apparently from léardha, alternative form of léir (“clear, lucid”) + -as. However, the attestations in the Historical Irish Corpas, which date back to 1700, are never spelled with dh.[1]

Noun

léargas m (genitive singular léargais)

  1. visibility (degree to which things may be seen)
  2. insight (power of acute observation and deduction), glimpse, sight
  3. enlightenment, illumination

Declension

Declension of léargas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative léargas
vocative a léargais
genitive léargais
dative léargas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an léargas
genitive an léargais
dative leis an léargas
don léargas

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “léargas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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