leamhan

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish legam (“(grub of) clothes-moth”), via an oblique form with a nasal ending (compare legamnach (“moth-eaten”)). The ultimate meaning could have been "eater, destroyer," according to Watkins, who reconstructs *leg-amon- (“destroyer”), for which see legaid.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

leamhan m (genitive singular leamhain, nominative plural leamhain)

  1. moth

Declension

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

References

  1. ^ Watkins, Calvert (1962) Indo-European Origins of the Celtic Verb: I. The Sigmatic Aorist, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page 184
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 201, page 101

Scottish Gaelic

Leamhan.

Etymology

From Middle Irish lemán. Cognates include Irish leamhán and Manx lhiouan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʎɛvan/
  • Hyphenation: lea‧mhan

Noun

leamhan m

  1. elm

Declension

Declension of leamhan (type I masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative leamhan leamhain
Genitive leamhain leamhan
Dative leamhan leamhain; leamhanaibh✝
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) leamhan (na) leamhain
Genitive (an) leamhain (nan) leamhan
Dative (an) leamhan (na) leamhain; leamhanaibh✝
Vocative leamhain leamhana

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutation of leamhan
radical lenition
leamhan unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “leamhan”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 386
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