leugh

From Proto-Brythonic *llọɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *lāɸigos (“calf”) (compare Old Irish lóeg, Welsh llo, Breton leue), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“cattle”).

• IPA^(key): [løːx], [leːx]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [lɛwh]

leugh m (plural leughi)

1. calf (young cow)
2. calf, fawn (young deer)

• kig leugh (“veal”)
• leugh ergh (“reindeer calf”)
• leugh kowr (“moose calf”)
• tron an leugh (“snapdragon”)

From Old Irish légaid, from Latin legō.

• IPA^(key): /ʎeːv/^[1][2][3]
• (Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ʎiav/^[4]

leugh (past leugh, future leughaidh, verbal noun leughadh, past participle leughte)

1. to read

   Leugh seo.

   Read this.

   Bha e inntinneach sin a leughadh.

   It was interesting to read that.

• leughadair