leasc
Irish
Alternative forms
- leasg (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish lesc.
Adjective
leasc (genitive singular masculine leasc, genitive singular feminine leisce, plural leasca, comparative leisce)
- sluggish
- Synonyms: spadánta, marbhánta
- lazy
- reluctant (not wanting to take some action), loath, unwilling (predicative construction with le)
- Synonym: drogallach
- Is leasc liom é sin a dhéanamh.
- I am reluctant/loath/unwilling to do that.
- slow (lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation)
- Synonym: mall
- (medicine) indolent (causing little or no physical pain; healing slowly)
Declension
Declension of leasc
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | leasc | leasc | leasca | |
| Vocative | leasc | leasca | ||
| Genitive | leisce | leasca | leasc | |
| Dative | leasc | leasc | leasca | |
| Comparative | níos leisce | |||
| Superlative | is leisce | |||
Derived terms
- leisce
- leisciúil
Further reading
- “leasc” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 lesc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “leasc” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 427.
- "leasc" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 22
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