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leadhb

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ledb (strip of skin or leather, weal).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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leadhb f (genitive singular leidhbe, nominative plural leadhbanna or leadhba or leadhbthacha)

  1. strip (e.g. of a hide, of a covering, etc.)
  2. tattered thing; rag, clout
  3. ragged, slovenly, person; slattern, slut
  4. silly person, clown
  5. stroke, blow
  6. (literary) weal, welt

Declension

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Declension of leadhb (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative leadhb leadhbanna
vocative a leadhb a leadhbanna
genitive leidhbe leadhbanna
dative leadhb
leidhb (archaic, dialectal)
leadhbanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an leadhb na leadhbanna
genitive na leidhbe na leadhbanna
dative leis an leadhb
leis an leidhb (archaic, dialectal)
don leadhb
don leidhb (archaic, dialectal)
leis na leadhbanna

Derived terms

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Verb

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leadhb (present analytic leadhbann, future analytic leadhbfaidh, verbal noun leadhbadh, past participle leadhbtha) (transitive)

  1. tear in strips, rend asunder
  2. beat, thrash
  3. lap, lick

Conjugation

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Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ledb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 116, page 62
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 157, page 61

Further reading

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