lèigh

See also: leigh, Leigh, and léigh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish líaig (“leech, doctor, physician”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʎeː/

Noun

lèigh m (genitive singular lèigh, plural lèighean)

1. doctor, surgeon, physician

Synonyms

• dotair
• lighiche

Noun

lèigh m (genitive singular lèighe, plural lèighean)

1. medicine

Derived terms

• feall-lèigh m (“quack”)
• làmh-lèigh m (“surgeon”)
• lèigh-ainmhidhean m (“veterinarian”)
• lèigh-eòlas m (“medicine, medical science”)
• lèigh-fhiaclan m (“dentist”)
• lèigh-loisg (“cauterize”, verb)
• lèigh-shùilean m (“oculist”)
• lèigheadaireachd f (“pharmacy”)
• leigheas-cloinne m (“paediatrics, pediatrics”)
• riaghailt-lèigh f (“prescription”)
• sgian-lèigh f (“scalpel”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish léige.

Noun

lèigh

1. genitive singular of liogh

Mutation

Mutation of lèigh

radical	lenition
lèigh	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “lèigh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 líaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language