# leag
## English
### Noun

leag (plural leags)
* Archaic spelling of league.
** 1989, Harry W. Duckworth, The English River Book: A North West Company Journal and Account Book of 1786‎, McGill-Queens, →ISBN, page 19:I found the hand & three others Indians the rest of the Canoes Camped 2 leags Below
** 2000, Harry S. Burrage, Gorges and the Grant of the Province of Maine 1622‎, Heritage Books, →ISBN, page 81:… from the Illand of flowers beinge ten Leags South weste from ytt.
** 2006, Joseph E. Garland, The Fish and the Falcon‎, The History Press, →ISBN, page 156:… E [by] S distant six Leags.

### Anagrams

* Gael, Gale, Lega, egal, gale, geal, lage

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /l̠ʲaɡ/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish lecaid, from Old Norse leggja.

#### Verb

leag (present analytic leagann, future analytic leagfaidh, verbal noun leagan, past participle leagtha) (transitive, intransitive)
* knock down
* lower
* lay, set
    Leagfaigh tú síos ansin anois na bosca sin. ― You set those boxes down there now.
* (knitting) cast off (stitch)
* (card games) play

##### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | leagaim | leagann tú; leagair$^†$ | leagann sé, sí | leagaimid | leagann sibh | leagann siad; leagaid$^†$ | a leagann; a leagas | leagtar |
| indicative | past | leag mé; leagas | leag tú; leagais | leag sé, sí | leagamar; leag muid | leag sibh; leagabhair | leag siad; leagadar | a leag / ar leag* | leagadh |
| indicative | past habitual | leagainn | leagtá | leagadh sé, sí | leagaimis; leagadh muid | leagadh sibh | leagaidís; leagadh siad | a leagadh / a leagadh* | leagtaí |
| future | future | leagfaidh mé; leagfad | leagfaidh tú; leagfair$^†$ | leagfaidh sé, sí | leagfaimid; leagfaidh muid | leagfaidh sibh | leagfaidh siad; leagfaid$^†$ | a leagfaidh; a leagfas | leagfar |
| conditional | conditional | leagfainn | leagfá | leagfadh sé, sí | leagfaimis; leagfadh muid | leagfadh sibh | leagfaidís; leagfadh siad | a leagfadh / a leagfadh* | leagfaí |
| subjunctive | present | go leaga mé; go leagad$^†$ | go leaga tú; go leagair$^†$ | go leaga sé, sí | go leagaimid; go leaga muid | go leaga sibh | go leaga siad; go leagaid$^†$ | — | go leagtar |
| subjunctive | past | dá leagainn | dá leagtá | dá leagadh sé, sí | dá leagaimis; dá leagadh muid | dá leagadh sibh | dá leagaidís; dá leagadh siad | — | dá leagtaí |
| imperative | imperative | leagaim | leag | leagadh sé, sí | leagaimis | leagaigí; leagaidh$^†$ | leagaidís | — | leagtar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | leagan | leagan | leagan | leagan | leagan | leagan | leagan | leagan |
| past participle | past participle | leagtha | leagtha | leagtha | leagtha | leagtha | leagtha | leagtha | leagtha |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

leag f (genitive singular leige, nominative plural leaga)
* Alternative form of leac

##### Declension

Second declension

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lecaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “leagaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* lēah, lǣg, lēg

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laugu, from Proto-Germanic *laugō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /læ͜ɑːɡ/, [læ͜ɑːɣ]

### Noun

lēag f
* lye (a mixture of ashes and water), detergent

#### Related terms

* lēaþor
* līeþran

#### Descendants

* Middle English: leȝe, leyȝe, leygh, lee, liȝe, ley, lye
** English: lye
** Scots: lee, ley, lie