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leagan

leagan

See also: leagãn and leagăn

Irish

Noun

leagan m ‎(genitive singular as substantive leagain, genitive as verbal noun leagtha, nominative plural leaganacha)

verbal noun of leag
laying
(of goods) drop
(of trees) felling
(of text) version, reading, form, phrase
(linguistics) variant

Declension

As substantive

Declension of leagan

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	leagan	leaganacha
Vocative	a leagain	a leaganacha
Genitive	leagain	leaganacha
Dative	leagan	leaganacha

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an leagan	na leaganacha
Genitive	an leagain	na leaganacha
Dative	leis an leagan don leagan	leis na leaganacha

As verbal noun

Declension of leagan

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	leagan
Vocative	a leagan
Genitive	leagtha
Dative	leagan

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an leagan
Genitive	an leagtha
Dative	leis an leagan don leagan

Synonyms

(version of text): insint
(phrase, version): frása
(felling): réiteach
(form): cineál

Derived terms

foleagan ‎(“underlay, underlap”)
mórleagan ‎(“major premise”)