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Irish
Etymology
From lámh + -acán.
Pronunciation
Noun
lámhacán m (genitive singular lámhacáin)
- (act of) creeping, crawling (on all fours like a baby)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ “lámhacán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 224, page 114
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 196, page 75
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lámacán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “láṁacán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 416
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lámhacán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN