lesh

See also: Lesh

Albanian

From Proto-Albanian *laiša, close to the Balto-Slavic word for 'foliage'. Compare Lithuanian laĩškos (“leaf”), Latvian laĩska (“leaf on a linen stalk; stalk”), Proto-Slavic *lȋstъ (“leaf”).^[1] Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *(u)laś-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“wool”). Cognate to Latin vellus (“wool, fleece, skin”).^[2]

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lesh m

^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lesh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 219-220
^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎^[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 238

From Old Irish leiss (“with him, with it”) and lassin, lass (“with the”), from la (“with”).

lesh

Introduces small clause of motion
Ersooyl lhiat!
Off with you!

Stiagh lhiat 'sy ghleashtan.
Get in the car.
Marks possession with appropriate form of s'
B'lesh Juan y cabbyl.
John owned the horse.
with, by means of
Va mee caggey lesh cliwe. ― I was fighting with a sword.

C'red t'ou keeayllaghey lesh yn ockle shoh?
What do you mean by this word?
for
Chaill eh eh hene lesh.
He sacrificed himself for it.
toward
Hie eh lesh y thie.
He went in the direction of the house.

goll lesh Doolish ― towards Douglas

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