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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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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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

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