leag

== English == === Noun === leag (plural leags) Obsolete spelling of league. === Anagrams === Gael, Gale, Lega, egal, gale, geal, lage == Irish == === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /lʲaɡ/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /l̠ʲaɡ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /l̠ʲɨɡ/, /l̠ʲɞɡ/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle Irish lecaid, from Old Norse leggja. ==== Verb ==== leag (present analytic leagann, future analytic leagfaidh, verbal noun leagan, past participle leagtha) (ambitransitive) to knock down to lay, set Leagfaidh tú síos ansin anois na bosca sin. ― You will set those boxes down there now. (knitting) to cast off (stitch) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== forleag (“overlay”, verb) inleag (“inlay”, verb) ==== Further reading ==== Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “leagaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 640; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “leag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== leag f (genitive singular leige, nominative plural leaga) alternative form of leac ===== Declension ===== === References === == Old English == === Alternative forms === lēah, lǣg, lēg === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *laugu, from Proto-Germanic *laugō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /læ͜ɑːɡ/, [læ͜ɑːɣ] === Noun === lēag f lye (a mixture of ashes and water), detergent ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: ==== Related terms ==== lēaþor līeþran ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: leȝe, leyȝe, leygh, lee, liȝe, ley, lye English: lye Scots: lee, ley, lie