liag

See also: líag

Dibabawon Manobo

Adjective

liag

1. happy

Irish

Noun

liag f (genitive singular léige, nominative plural liaga)

1. stone
2. headstone

Declension

Declension of liag (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative liag liaga vocative a liag a liaga genitive léige liag dative liag léig (archaic, dialectal) liaga forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an liag na liaga genitive na léige na liag dative leis an liag leis an léig (archaic, dialectal) don liag don léig (archaic, dialectal) leis na liaga

Noun

liag

1. inflection of lia (“stone, pillar”):
   1. genitive plural
   2. (archaic) genitive singular

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ljim (“sickle”). Compare Chinese 鐮 / 镰 (lián).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liə̯˧˩̤/

Noun

liag

1. sickle (e.g. for harvesting rice)

References

• Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)