leisg

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʎeʃkʲ/

Adjective

leisg

  1. lazy, indolent, slothful
    cho leisg ris a' chù - very lazy (idiom, literally "as lazy as the dog")
  2. loath, reluctant, unwilling

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Noun

leisg f (genitive singular leisge, no plural)

  1. laziness, sloth, slothfulness, indolence, inertia

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “leisg”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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