lèine

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See also: Leine and léine

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish léine (compare Irish léine, Manx lheiney).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʎeːɲə/

Noun

lèine f (genitive singular lèine, plural lèintean)

shirt, chemise

Declension

Alternative dative singular: lèinidh (Uist, Barra)
Alternative genitive singular: lèineadh (Uist, Barra)

Derived terms

fo-lèine (“vest, undershirt”)
lèine bhàn (“white tissue lining the eggshell”)
lèine-T (“T-shirt”)
lèineag (diminutive)

Further reading

Edward Dwelly (1911) “lèine”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “léine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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