leamhán

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish lemán, from lem (elm). By surface analysis, leamh +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

Noun

leamhán m (genitive singular leamháin, nominative plural leamháin)

  1. elm tree

Declension

Declension of leamhán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative leamhán leamháin
vocative a leamháin a leamhána
genitive leamháin leamhán
dative leamhán leamháin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an leamhán na leamháin
genitive an leamháin na leamhán
dative leis an leamhán
don leamhán
leis na leamháin

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57

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