leaba

Galician

Verb

leaba

first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of lear

Irish

Alternative forms

leabadh, leabaidh

Etymology

From Old Irish lepaid (“bedroom, sleeping place”), from leth (“half”) + buith (“being”).

Pronunciation

(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲabˠə/^[1]^[2], (Cois Fharraige) [ˈl̠ʲæːbˠə]^[3]
(Munster, Ulster) see: leabaidh

Noun

leaba f (genitive singular leapa or leabthan, nominative plural leapacha)

bed

Declension

Declension of leaba (irregular)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	leaba	leapacha
vocative	a leaba	a leapacha
genitive	leapa	leapacha
dative	leaba	leapacha

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an leaba	na leapacha
genitive	na leapa	na leapacha
dative	leis an leaba don leaba	leis na leapacha

Alternative genitive singular form: leabthan
Alternative dative singular form: leabthain

Archaic inflection as a fifth-declension noun

Declension of leaba (fifth declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	leaba	leabthacha
vocative	a leaba	a leabthacha
genitive	leabadh	leabthacha
dative	leabaidh	leabthacha

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an leaba	na leabthacha
genitive	na leabadh	na leabthacha
dative	leis an leabaidh don leabaidh	leis na leabthacha

Derived terms

anacair leapa
cóir leapa
éadach leapa
folcadh leapa
i leaba (“in place, instead”)
i leaba a chéile (“by degrees”)
leaba abhann (“bed of river”)
leaba agus bricfeasta
leaba an duáin (“lumbar region”)
leaba ancaire (“anchorage; berthing”)
leaba bhuinc
leaba champa (“camp bed”)
leaba chloiche (“bedding of stone”)
leaba chlúimh (“feather bed”)
leaba chluimhrí (“feather bed”)
leaba chocháin
leaba dhearg (“animal's lair”)
leaba dhruidte (“bed in alcove”)
leaba dhúbailte (“double bed”)
leaba ghlasraí (“vegetable-bed”)
leaba innill (“engine bed”)
leaba iomartha (“rowlock”)
leaba iompair (“litter (vehicle)”)
leaba lánúine (“marriage bed”)
leaba loinge (“ship's berth”)
leaba luascáin (“hammock”)
leaba luí seoil (“childbed”)
leaba phrátaí (“potato-bed”)
leaba raca
leaba ráille (“chair”)
leaba sheoide (“setting of jewel”)
leaba shingil (“single bed”)
leaba shínteáin (“stretcher(-bed)”)
leaba shoip
leaba shuíocháin
leaba thaomtha (“bilge (of boat)”)
leaba the (“hot-bed”)
leaba thinnis
leaba thuí
leaba uisce (“water-course”)
míol leapa (“bed bug”)
rolla leapa (“bedroll”)

References

^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 185
^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 242, page 54
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977), Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], page 353

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “leaba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lepaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “leaba”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 422

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈlea̯pa/

Verb

leaba

third-person dual present indicative of leat