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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish lemennach, leimnech, from the root of léim (“to jump”).
Noun
léimneach f (genitive singular léimní)
- jumping
- leaping
Declension
Adjective
léimneach (genitive singular masculine léimnigh, genitive singular feminine léimní, plural léimneacha, not comparable)
- leaping
- bounding
- jumping
Declension
Further reading
- “léimneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “léimmennach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 léimnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 léimnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “léimneaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 432
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “léimneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN