lámann

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From lám (“hand”).

Noun

lámann f (nominative plural lámanna)

glove, gauntlet
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 808
  lāmand .i. lām-ind na lāime édigthir dī
sleeve

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lámann^L	lámainn^L	lámanna^H
vocative	lámann^L	lámainn^L	lámanna^H
accusative	lámainn^N	lámainn^L	lámanna^H
genitive	lámainne^H	lámann^L	lámann^N
dative	lámainn^L	lámannaib	lámannaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

lámannán (“bladder”)

Descendants

Irish: lámhainn
Scottish Gaelic: làmhainn
Manx: lauean

References

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lámann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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