leisce

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish leisce.[2] By surface analysis, leasc +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

Noun

leisce f (genitive singular leisce)

  1. sloth, laziness, idleness
  2. languor, lassitude
  3. disinclination, reluctance, unwillingness, hesitation
    Synonym: drogall

Declension

Declension of leisce (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative leisce
vocative a leisce
genitive leisce
dative leisce
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an leisce
genitive na leisce
dative leis an leisce
don leisce

Derived terms

Adjective

leisce

  1. inflection of leasc:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

References

  1. ^ “leisce”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “leisce”, 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, § 46, page 24

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