leisg

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Adjective

leisg

  1. lazy, indolent, slothful
    cho leisg ris a' chù - very lazy (idiom, literally "as lazy as the dog")
  2. loath, reluctant, unwilling

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Noun

leisg f (genitive singular leisge, no plural)

  1. laziness, sloth, slothfulness, indolence, inertia

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
  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)
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