leasc

Irish

Alternative forms

  • leasg (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish lesc.[2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

leasc (genitive singular masculine leasc, genitive singular feminine leisce, plural leasca, comparative leisce)

  1. sluggish
    Synonyms: spadánta, marbhánta
  2. lazy
    Synonyms: leisciúil, falsa
  3. reluctant (not wanting to take some action), loath, unwilling [with le and person feeling reluctant in a copular construction]
    Synonym: drogallach
    Is leasc liom é sin a dhéanamh.
    I am reluctant/loath/unwilling to do that.
  4. slow (lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation)
    Synonym: mall
  5. (medicine) indolent (causing little or no physical pain; healing slowly)

Declension

Declension of leasc
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative leasc leasc leasca
vocative leasc leasca
genitive leisce leasca leasc
dative leasc leasc leasca
Comparative níos leisce
Superlative is leisce

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “leasc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lesc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 40, page 22

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