lesh

See also: Lesh

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *laiša, close to the Balto-Slavic word for 'foliage'. Compare Lithuanian lai̇̃škos (“leaf”), Latvian laĩska (“leaf on a linen stalk; stalk”), Proto-Slavic *lȋstъ (“leaf”).[1] Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *(u)laś-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“wool”). Cognate to Latin vellus (“wool, fleece, skin”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛˈʃ/

Noun

lesh m

  1. wool, hair, fleece

Declension

Declension of lesh
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lesh leshi leshra leshrat
accusative leshin
dative leshi leshit leshrave leshrave
ablative leshrash

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lesh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 219-220
  2. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 238

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980
  • “lesh”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish leiss (“with him, with it”) and lassin, lass (“with the”), from la (“with”).

Preposition

lesh

  1. Introduces small clause of motion
    Ersooyl lhiat!
    Off with you!
    Stiagh lhiat 'sy ghleashtan.
    Get in the car.
  2. Marks possession with appropriate form of s'
    B'lesh Juan y cabbyl.
    John owned the horse.
  3. with, by means of
    Va mee caggey lesh cliwe. ― I was fighting with a sword.
    C'red t'ou keeayllaghey lesh yn ockle shoh?
    What do you mean by this word?
  4. for
    Chaill eh eh hene lesh.
    He sacrificed himself for it.
  5. toward
    Hie eh lesh y thie.
    He went in the direction of the house.
    goll lesh Doolish ― towards Douglas

Inflection

Inflection of lesh
Person: simple emphatic
singular first lhiam lhiam's
second lhiat lhiat's
third m lesh leshyn
f lhee lheeish
plural first lhien lhienyn
second lhiu lhiuish
third lhieu lhieusyn

Synonyms

Pronoun

lesh (emphatic leshyn)

  1. third-person singular masculine of lesh
    with him/it
    (idiomatic) his/its
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