leigheas

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish leiges (healing, medicine).[4]

Noun

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leigheas m (genitive singular leighis, nominative plural leigheasanna)

  1. verbal noun of leigheas
  2. medicine
  3. healing
  4. remedy, cure
    Is é leigheas na póite ól arís.
    The cure of a hangover is to drink again.
  5. curing
  6. (in a negative sentence) help [with ar ‘for’]
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:
      Do bhí brón mór air a bheith ag scaramhaint le n-a chailín ach ni raibh leigheas air, chaithfeadh sé imtheacht.
      He was very sorry to be separating from his girl, but it couldn’t be helped, he had to go.
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Irish leigisid (to heal, cure), from the noun.[5]

Verb

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leigheas (present analytic leigheasann, future analytic leigheasfaidh, verbal noun leigheas, past participle leigheasta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) heal; cure, remedy
    Neantóg a dhóigh mé, copóg a leigheas mé.
    A nettle burned me, a dock cured me.
Conjugation
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References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 197, page 99
  2. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 27
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 159, page 61
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “leiges”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  5. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “leigisid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish leiges (healing, medicine).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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leigheas m (genitive singular leighis, plural leigheasan)

  1. cure, remedy, medicine
  2. healing, treatment, curing, act of caring

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “leigheas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “leiges”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language