leáigh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish legaid, from Proto-Celtic *legeti, from Proto-Indo-European *leg-. Cognate with Manx lheie, Scottish Gaelic leagh, and English leak.

Pronunciation

Verb

leáigh (present analytic leánn, future analytic leáfaidh, verbal noun leá, past participle leáite)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to melt

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ leáigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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