different between leam vs leag

English

Alternative forms

• leem, leme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?m/
• Rhymes: -i?m

Etymology 1

From Middle English lemen, from Old English l?man, from Proto-West Germanic *liuhmijan, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, bright”).

Verb

leam (third-person singular simple present leams, present participle leaming, simple past and past participle leamed)

1. (intransitive, Britain, dialectal) To gleam; shine; glow.

Derived terms

• leamer

Etymology 2

From Middle English leme, from Old English l?oma (“ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare, lightning”), from Proto-Germanic *leuhmô (“light, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light, bright”). Cognate with Icelandic ljómi (“gleam, ray, beam, flash of light”), Latin lumen (“light”).

Noun

leam (plural leams)

1. (Britain, dialectal) A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing.

See also

• gleam

Etymology 3

See leamer, lien.

Noun

leam (plural leams)

1. A cord or strap for leading a dog.
   • 1808, Walter Scott, Conclusion to Queenhoo Hall (written by Joseph Strutt)

     a large blood-hound tied in a leam

Anagrams

• -meal, Elam, Elma, Lema, Malé, alme, amel, lame, lamé, lema, male, meal, mela, mela-

Latin

Noun

leam

1. accusative singular of lea

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

• le + mi

Pronoun

leam

1. with me, by me

Derived terms

• leam-leat
• leamsa

See also

• prepositional pronoun

English

Noun

leag (plural leags)

1. Archaic spelling of league.

Anagrams

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

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??a?/

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)

1. knock down
2. lower
3. lay, set
4. (knitting) cast off (stitch)
5. (card games) play

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

leag f (genitive singular leige, nominative plural leaga)

1. Alternative form of leac

Declension

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 lecaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “leagaim” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "leag" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.