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leigheas
leigheas
Irish
Noun
leigheas m (genitive singular leighis, nominative plural leigheasanna)
- verbal noun of leigheas
- medicine
- healing
- remedy, cure
- Is é leigheas na póite ól arís.
- The cure of a hangover is to drink again.
- Is é leigheas na póite ól arís.
- curing
Declension
Declension of leigheas
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- leigheasach
Verb
leigheas (present analytic leigheasann, future analytic leigheasfaidh, verbal noun leigheas, past participle leigheasta)
- (transitive, intransitive) heal; cure, remedy
- Neantóg a dhóigh mé, copóg a leigheas mé.
- A nettle burned me, a dock cured me.
- Neantóg a dhóigh mé, copóg a leigheas mé.
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | leigheasaim | leigheasann tú; leigheasair† |
leigheasann sé, sí | leigheasaimid | leigheasann sibh | leigheasann siad; leigheasaid† |
a leigheasann; a leigheasas / a leigheasann*; a leigheasas* |
leigheastar |
| past | leigheas mé; leigheasas | leigheas tú; leigheasais | leigheas sé, sí | leigheasamar; leigheas muid | leigheas sibh; leigheasabhair | leigheas siad; leigheasadar | a leigheas / ar leigheas* |
leigheasadh | |
| past habitual | leigheasainn | leigheastá | leigheasadh sé, sí | leigheasaimis; leigheasadh muid | leigheasadh sibh | leigheasaidís; leigheasadh siad | a leigheasadh / ar leigheasadh* |
leigheastaí | |
| future | leigheasfaidh mé; leigheasfad |
leigheasfaidh tú; leigheasfair† |
leigheasfaidh sé, sí | leigheasfaimid; leigheasfaidh muid |
leigheasfaidh sibh | leigheasfaidh siad; leigheasfaid† |
a leigheasfaidh; a leigheasfas / a leigheasfaidh*; a leigheasfas* |
leigheasfar | |
| conditional | leigheasfainn | leigheasfá | leigheasfadh sé, sí | leigheasfaimis; leigheasfadh muid | leigheasfadh sibh | leigheasfaidís; leigheasfadh siad | a leigheasfadh / ar leigheasfadh* |
leigheasfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go leigheasa mé; go leigheasad† |
go leigheasa tú; go leigheasair† |
go leigheasa sé, sí | go leigheasaimid; go leigheasa muid |
go leigheasa sibh | go leigheasa siad; go leigheasaid† |
— | go leigheastar |
| past | dá leigheasainn | dá leigheastá | dá leigheasadh sé, sí | dá leigheasaimis; dá leigheasadh muid |
dá leigheasadh sibh | dá leigheasaidís; dá leigheasadh siad |
— | dá leigheastaí | |
| imperative | leigheasaim | leigheas | leigheasadh sé, sí | leigheasaimis | leigheasaigí; leigheasaidh† |
leigheasaidís | — | leigheastar | |
| verbal noun | leigheas | ||||||||
| past participle | leigheasta | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
References
- “leiges” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “leiġeas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "leigheas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish leiges (“healing, medicine”).
Noun
leigheas m (genitive singular leighis, plural leigheasan)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- eòlas-leighis (“medicine (science)”)
- leigheas-inntinn (“psychiatry”)
- leigheas na pòit (“hair of the dog”)
- taigh-leighis (“hospital”)
Related terms
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “leiges” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.