leisg

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʎeʃkʲ/

Adjective

leisg (comparative nas leisge, superlative as leisge, qualitative noun leisg)

  1. lazy, indolent, slothful
    cho leisg ris a' chù ― very lazy (literally, “as lazy as the dog”)
  2. loath, reluctant, unwilling
    'S leisg le leisgean a dol a laighe, is seachd leisge leis èirigh
    The lazy person is loath to lie and far loather to rise.
    (literally, “Loath is the lazy person to go to lie, seven times loath is he to rise.”)

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Noun

leisg f (genitive singular leisge, no plural)

  1. laziness, sloth, slothfulness, indolence, inertia

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “leisg”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925), A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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