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

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
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
lèighunchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “lèigh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 líaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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