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  1. stone ; ds. líg, 6300. leaga lóghmhara, precious stones, 2523. [In the latter sense a ns. leag is recognized, IGT, p. 91].
  2. more numerous (used as comp. of mór, many), 37. Hence liacht, numerousness, in the phr. a liacht, so many, how many; foll. by ns. 2542, 6792, by npl. 4864.

Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an Chrábhaidh. Author: Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire. Editor: Thomas F. O’Rahilly.

m., stone, gan lia ná leacht, ‘without a headstone or cairn,’ 5761; pl. liaga lóghmhara, ‘precious stones, margaritas,’ 9455

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.