ligean

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

ligean m (genitive singular as substantive ligin, genitive as verbal noun ligthe)

  1. verbal noun of lig
  2. release
  3. play (extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely)
  4. slack (part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it)

Declension
As substantive
Declension of ligean

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative ligean
Vocative a ligin
Genitive ligin
Dative ligean

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an ligean
Genitive an ligin
Dative leis an ligean

don ligean

As verbal noun
Declension of ligean

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative ligean
Vocative a ligean
Genitive ligthe
Dative ligean

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an ligean
Genitive an ligthe
Dative leis an ligean

don ligean

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44

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