leigheas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish leiges (“healing, medicine”).

Pronunciation

Noun

leigheas m (genitive singular leighis, nominative plural leigheasanna)

  1. verbal noun of leigheas
  2. medicine
  3. healing
  4. remedy, cure
    Is é leigheas na póite ól arís.
    The cure of a hangover is to drink again.
  5. curing
  6. (in a negative sentence) help [+ ar (for)]
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 194:
      Do bhí brón mór air a bheith ag scaramhaint le n-a chailín ach ni raibh leigheas air, chaithfeadh sé imtheacht.
      He was very sorry to be separating from his girl, but it couldn’t be helped, he had to go.

Declension
Declension of leigheas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative leigheas leigheasanna
Vocative a leighis a leigheasanna
Genitive leighis leigheasanna
Dative leigheas leigheasanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an leigheas na leigheasanna
Genitive an leighis na leigheasanna
Dative leis an leigheas

don leigheas

 leis na leigheasanna

Derived terms
  • leigheasach

Verb

leigheas (present analytic leigheasann, future analytic leigheasfaidh, verbal noun leigheas, past participle leigheasta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) heal; cure, remedy
    Neantóg a dhóigh mé, copóg a leigheas mé.
    A nettle burned me, a dock cured me.

Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present leigheasaim leigheasann tú;
leigheasair†		 leigheasann sé, sí leigheasaimid leigheasann sibh leigheasann siad;
leigheasaid†		 a leigheasann; a leigheasas leigheastar
past leigheas mé; leigheasas leigheas tú; leigheasais leigheas sé, sí leigheasamar; leigheas muid leigheas sibh; leigheasabhair leigheas siad; leigheasadar a leigheas /
ar leigheas*		 leigheasadh
past habitual leigheasainn leigheastá leigheasadh sé, sí leigheasaimis; leigheasadh muid leigheasadh sibh leigheasaidís; leigheasadh siad a leigheasadh /
ar leigheasadh*		 leigheastaí
future leigheasfaidh mé;
leigheasfad		 leigheasfaidh tú;
leigheasfair†		 leigheasfaidh sé, sí leigheasfaimid;
leigheasfaidh muid		 leigheasfaidh sibh leigheasfaidh siad;
leigheasfaid†		 a leigheasfaidh; a leigheasfas leigheasfar
conditional leigheasfainn leigheasfá leigheasfadh sé, sí leigheasfaimis; leigheasfadh muid leigheasfadh sibh leigheasfaidís; leigheasfadh siad a leigheasfadh /
ar leigheasfadh*		 leigheasfaí
subjunctive present go leigheasa mé;
go leigheasad†		 go leigheasa tú;
go leigheasair†		 go leigheasa sé, sí go leigheasaimid;
go leigheasa muid		 go leigheasa sibh go leigheasa siad;
go leigheasaid†		 — go leigheastar
past dá leigheasainn dá leigheastá dá leigheasadh sé, sí dá leigheasaimis;
dá leigheasadh muid		 dá leigheasadh sibh dá leigheasaidís;
dá leigheasadh siad		 — dá leigheastaí
imperative leigheasaim leigheas leigheasadh sé, sí leigheasaimis leigheasaigí;
leigheasaidh†		 leigheasaidís — leigheastar
verbal noun leigheas
past participle leigheasta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish leiges (“healing, medicine”).

Noun

leigheas m (genitive singular leighis, plural leigheasan)

  1. cure, remedy, medicine
  2. healing, treatment, curing, act of caring

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “leiges” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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