lesh

lesh

See also: Lesh

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *laiša, close to the Balto-Slavic word for 'foliage'. Compare Lithuanian laĩškos (“leaf”), Latvian laĩska (“leaf on a linen stalk; stalk”), Proto-Slavic *listь (“leaf”).[1] Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *(u)laś-, from Proto-Indo-European *Huelh1- (“wool”). Cognate to Latin vellus (“wool, fleece, skin”).[2]

Noun

lesh m

1. wool, hair, fleece

Derived terms

• kalesh
• kërlesh

References

1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “lesh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 219-220
2. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 238

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish leiss (“with him, with it”) and lassin, lass (“with the”), from la (“with”).

Preposition

lesh

1. Introduces small clause of motion

   Ersooyl lhiat!

   Off with you!

   Stiagh lhiat 'sy ghleashtan.

   Get in the car.

2. Marks possession with appropriate form of s'

   B'lesh Juan y cabbyl.

   John owned the horse.

3. with, by means of

   Va mee caggey lesh cliwe. ― I was fighting with a sword.

   C'red t'ou keeayllaghey lesh yn ockle shoh?

   What do you mean by this word?

4. for

   Chaill eh eh hene lesh.

   He sacrificed himself for it.

5. toward

   Hie eh lesh y thie.

   He went in the direction of the house.

   goll lesh Doolish ― towards Douglas

Inflection

	Singular				Plural
Person	1st	2nd	3rd m.	3rd f.	1st	2nd	3rd
Normal	lhiam	lhiat	lesh	lhee	lhien	lhiu	lhieu
Emphatic	lhiams	lhiats	leshyn	lheeish	lhienyn	lhiuish	lhieusyn

Synonyms

• er son (“for”)
• cour (“toward”)

Pronoun

lesh

1. third-person singular of lesh

   with him/it

   (idiomatic) his/its

Derived terms

• leshyn (emphatic)