לְאִי ch. same 1) to labor. Targ. Josh. XXIV, 13; a. fr. —2) to be tired. Targ. O. Gen. XIX, 11 לְאִיוּ ed. Berl. (oth. ed. לְאִיאוּ; Y. אשתלהייו); a. fr.
    Ithpe. - אִלְּאִי to be worn out, to make a vain effort. Gen. R. s. 50 (ref. to וילאו, Gen. l. c.) אִלְּאוּן they labored in vain (with ref. to Is. XVI, 12); אינסון they grew sick (with ref. to Is. I, 14); [Yalk. ib. 84 ולעיאו (with ref. to Ex. VII, 18).—V. לְהִי, לְעִי.