ligean

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From lig +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

Noun

ligean m (genitive singular as substantive ligin, genitive as verbal noun ligthe)

  1. verbal noun of lig
  2. release
  3. play (extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely)
  4. slack (part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it)

Declension

As substantive
Declension of ligean (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative ligean
vocative a ligin
genitive ligin
dative ligean
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an ligean
genitive an ligin
dative leis an ligean
don ligean
As verbal noun
Declension of ligean (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative ligean
vocative a ligean
genitive ligthe
dative ligean
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an ligean
genitive an ligthe
dative leis an ligean
don ligean

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44

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