leice

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲecɪ/[1]

Etymology 1

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Adjective

leice

  1. sickly, delicate
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

leice

  1. genitive singular of leac

Old French

Etymology

From Latin laetitia (“great joy; pleasure”).

Noun

leice oblique singular, m (oblique plural leices, nominative singular leices, nominative plural leice)

  1. alternative form of lïesce
  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 285
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