leagan

== Irish == === Alternative forms === leagadh, leagaint === Etymology === From leag +‎ -an. Largely replaced earlier leagadh. === Pronunciation === (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈlʲaɡənˠ/, (Cois Fharraige) [ˈl̠ʲæːɡən̪ˠ] and see: leagadh (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲɨɡənˠ/ === Noun === leagan m (genitive singular as substantive leagain, genitive as verbal noun leagtha, nominative plural leaganacha) verbal noun of leag laying drop (of goods) felling (of trees) Synonym: réiteach version, reading, form, phrase (of text) Synonyms: insint (“version (of text)”), frása (“phrase, version”), cineál (“form”) (linguistics) variant ==== Declension ==== As substantive As verbal noun ==== Derived terms ==== foleagan (“underlay, underlap”) mórleagan (“major premise”) sil-leagan (“(geological) deposit”) === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “leagan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 641; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “leagan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN