lèigh

See also: leigh, Leigh, and léigh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish líaig (“leech, doctor, physician”).

Noun

lèigh m (genitive singular lèigh, plural lèighean)

doctor, surgeon, physician

Synonyms

Derived terms

leigheas m (“cure, remedy, medicine; healing, curing, act of caring”)
riaghailt-lèigh f (“prescription”)

Etymology 2

Noun

lèigh f

medicine

Adjective

lèigh

medical

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
“1 líaig” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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