, g. id., pl. -didhe, m., a silly, worthless person.

, -dighe, a., silly, worthless.

, -óige, -óga, f., the fish called sole.

, a lecture, a document.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I distend, widen; I beetle (léad is the same as leithead), breadth).

, -a, pl. id., m., a precious stone, a jewel; na léag lóghmhar, of the valuable jewels.

, the act of reading. See <<léigheadh>>.

, -e, -idhe, f., a legacy; an oblation, an offering.

, I read. See <<léighim>>.

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a lease (E.U.).

, m., a reader. See <<léightheoir>>.

, m., a swift pace; ar a léam-lúth, in full gallop. See léim.

(luan), g. léin, m., the loin; hence P. O'C. derives loch léin, the inside flank.

, g. léin, pl. -nta, m., woe, grief, sorrow, affliction; mo léan géar, alas! tá léan ort, you are terrible (Don.); faoi léan, in alliction; a stiffness or swelling in the loin (W. Ker.).

, g. id., pl. -idhe and -nta, m., a meadow; swampy ground; a lawn.

, -nta, m., act of ruining, destroying. See leonadh and leanaim.

, -adh, v. tr., I damage, injure; I ruin, destroy. See leonaim. (In sp. l. there seems to be a distinction drawn between léan, léanadh, and leon, leonadh; léan is often used in phrases like mo léan, léan ort, etc., where leon is not used; on the other hand, leonadh, leonaim, are the ordinary words used in the case of spraining, dislocation of the limbs, etc., whilst léanadh and léanaim are confined to poetry, and used in a general way of ruining, destroying, etc.).

, -aire, a., sorrowful, distressed.

, clear. See <<léir>>.

, plenty. See <<leor>>.

, m., clear sight.

, indec. a., clear, evident; also orderly, regular, systematic.

, -ghlaine, a., extremely bright or clear.

, -uis, m., sight, visibility, clearness; order, regularity; léardhacht, f., id.

, -loscadh, v. tr., I consume by fire.

, -ála, pl. id. f., a map.

, -dadh, v. tr., I examine closely, investigate.

, g. léis and leois, m., a bright spot; a ray of light, a ray (of reason or sense); níl léas agat, you have no sense whatever; a sore, a blotch, a pimple.

, g. léis, pl. léasa, m., a quantity of corn equal to thirty-two grains in counting; léasracha, wisps of straw, ears of corn.

, g. léis, pl. léasa, m., a lash, a stroke, a blow, a stripe.

, m., a fixed period of time, a lease (A., but of considerable antiquity).

, -aighe, a., emitting rays of light, flashing; blistered, spotted, marked.

, -aighe, f., blains, blisters.

, -sta, m., act of beating, striking, slapping, whipping, slashing, lacerating, cutting.

, -adh, v. tr., I beat violently, I lash, whip, lacerate.

, a ball, etc. See <<liathróid>>.

(léithe), prep. pr., 3rd s. f., with her; emph., léi-se. See le, prep.

, -e, pl. id. f., neglect, failing, weakness; dul i léic, to decline; níor tháinig aon léic 'na gcreideamh, their faith did not fail in the least (Ker.) (= leak?).

, g. id., pl. -cidhe, m., a clown, an awkward person (Louth).

, -mhighe, a., strong, valiant, brave.

, g. id., pl. -eanna, m., a league, three miles.

(léigheamh), -ghte, pl. id., m., act of reading, a perusal.

, -ghinn, m., reading; learning; a lesson; mac léighinn, scholar, student; aos léighinn, students; foghluim léighinn, studying.

, p. a., proficient, learned.

, -siona, f., learned acuteness.

, -ghir, -a, m., a siege (O'R.).

, p. a., besieged; cf. beleaguered.

, -gheadh and -gheamh, v. tr., I read, say, speak, tell.

, p. a., read, perused, spoken, pronounced.

(léaghthóir), -ora, -oiridhe, m., a reader.

, -a, f., a reading, the act of reading.

, -e, -eanna, f., a leap, a jump, a bound, a start; bhí gach aon léim aige, he was bounding continually; Trí Léim an Táilliúra, the name of a certain constellation (Con.).

, -e, -eanna, f., the rush of waves between rocks or adown cliffs; a promontory or cliff jutting into the sea (common in place names).

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a leaper, a jumper.

, vl. léim, léimneach or léimreach, v. intr., I leap, jump, start, bound; do léim sé as a bholg (or as a chorp), he leaped wildly, he bounded leimhne, g. id. f., lukewarmness, tepidness, insipidity.

, -nighe, a., leaping, jumping, desultory.

, -nighe. f., act of jumping; ag léimnigh, jumping.

, -righe. f., act of leaping; leaping, jumping; ag léimrigh, jumping.

, g. id., pl. léinteacha, f., a shirt, a shift, a mantle, a linen garment, a surplice, an alb; léinidh (U. genly.).

, -oige, -oga, f., a little shirt or shift.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a little shirt or smock; mar chomhartha 'r mo scéal tá mo léintín dubh ar mo dhrom, as a proof of my story my poor shirt is black on my back (for want of a washing).

, -e, a., visible, plain, clear, open, manifest, conspicuous; close, careful; often used as an intens. prefix.

, -e, f., destruction, ruin, woe; mo léir, alas! léir ort, ruin seize thee! míle léir ort, a thousand woes on thee.

, adj. used adverbially; go léir, entirely, altogether, wholly; iad go léir, every one of them; uile go léir, altogether, together; go luath léir, quickly and swiftly.

, f., complete ruin, plunder; often used as exclamation: mo léir-chreach!

, -chur, v. tr., I put, set down; do léir-chur i gclódh, to print.

, g. id. f., clearness, evidence; also order, system, method.

, g. id., f., rigour, austerity, piety, devotion (obs.).

, -a, f., clearness, evidence; alto method, order, system.

, -iughadh (léirim), v. tr., I give rise to, set, arrange.

, -iughadh v. tr., I beat, strike, subdue, lay prostrate; I pound (as flax).

, -a, f., statement; arrangement, adjustment, settlement.

, g. id., pl. -tidhe, m., a mallet, a hammer or beetle (leiristín, id.).

, -ighthe, m., act of preparing; preparation, arrangement; a beating, striking, laying prostrate; ag l. lín, pounding flax.

, m., high esteem; a balancing; consideration.

, vl. -mheas, v. tr., I estimate, balance, weigh.

, -lte, m., complete destruction.

, m., clear statement; detailed enumeration; selling wholesale.

, g. -ris and -riosta, pl. id., m., desolation, utter destruction.

, vl. -scrios, v. tr., I destroy utterly, annihilate, ruin, desolate, ravage.

, p. a., annihilated, utterly destroyed, ravaged, despoiled.

, -thionóil, pl. id., m., act of carefully gathering up.

(léi),prep. pr., 3rd s. f., with her, by her; emph., léi-se.

, g. id., f., greyness, mouldiness, whiteness; the rot, a disease in sheep; agus an léithe im chúl, while my head is hoary (J. O'Connell).

, -a, f., greyness, mouldiness, hoariness, whiteness.

(Om.). See <<leithéid>>.

, f., a grey stone, a tombstone (T. G.).

, -righ, pl. id., m., a band, a fetter, a manacle; léithrinn, id.