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]
leamhan m (genitive singular leamhain, nominative plural leamhain)
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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From Middle Irish lemán. Cognates include Irish leamhán and Manx lhiouan.
leamhan m
Indefinite | ||
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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
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
leamhan | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |