lheie
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish legaid, from Proto-Celtic *legāti, from Proto-Indo-European *leg-. Cognate with Irish leáigh, Scottish Gaelic leagh, and English leak.
Verb
lheie (past participle lheiht)
- to melt
- (metallurgy) to smelt
Derived terms
- co-lheie (“to fuse; to amalgamate”)
- so-lheiaght (“fusibility”)
- yn-lheie (“fusible, liquefiable; digestible”)
Noun
lheie m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
- verbal noun of lheie
- (metallurgy) smelting