EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
leá1, m. (gs. as s. ~, as vn. ~ite). 1. vn. of leáigh1. 2. Melting; dissolution. ~ ime, céarach, melting of butter, of wax. ~ corp, dissolution of bodies. ~ croí, heart-break. ~ seaniarainn, the melting down of old iron. ~ an tslua, the melting away of the crowd. Tháinig ~ chúr na habhann orthu, they disappeared like the foam on the river. S.a. dia4.
leá2, var. gs. & pl. of lia1.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tháinig leá choipeadh na habhann orthu, they melted away (like foam on the river).
Leá cúráin, rapid dissolution.
Leá ~ orthu! Bad scran to them!
Leá ~ de dhuine, feckless person.
1. Im a leá, to melt butter.
Sneachta ag leá, snow melting.
Bhí siad ag leá na bhflaitheas, they were moving heaven to pity.
Tá siad ag leá le grá dó, they simply adore him.
3. Ag leá den saol, fading away to nothing.
Is mór atá sé ag leá le tamall, he is failing greatly of late.
An leá Dia agus an ~, the ne’er-do-well and the utterly destitute.