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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish lenab (“infant, babe, child; young man, youth, boy”).
Pronunciation
Noun
leanbh m (genitive singular linbh, nominative plural leanaí or leanbhaí)
- child, baby
Declension
- Alternative declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
- airleacán linbh (“impish child”)
- balpóg linbh
- bolscaire linbh
- bonsaire linbh
- bréagán linbh (“child's plaything”)
- broicleach linbh (“sturdy child”)
- buidéal linbh (“baby's bottle”)
- carrachán linbh (“puny, wizened, child; changeling”)
- ceolán linbh (“whimpering child”)
- cóiste linbh (“baby carriage”)
- contrálaí linbh (“perverse child”)
- cóta linbh (“child's frock”)
- crabadán linbh (“puny, cantankerous child”)
- cráiteachán linbh (“vexatious child”)
- diabhlóir linbh (“mischievous child”)
- dílleachta linbh (“orphan child”)
- draoidín linbh (“mite of a child”)
- geabaire linbh (“prattling child”)
- geadán linbh (“baby's bottom”)
- gillín linbh
- gleoiteog linbh (“lovely child”)
- golspaire linbh (“cry-baby”)
- imeachtaí linbh (“toddler”)
- láchán linbh (“smiling, wheedling, child”)
- lapadán linbh (“toddling child”)
- leaba linbh (“child's cot”)
- leanbh baistí (“godchild”)
- leanbh fir (“male child”)
- leanbh iníne (“young daughter, female child”)
- leanbh mic (“young son, male child”)
- leanbh mná (“female child”)
- leanbh tabhartha (“illegitimate child”)
- leanb(h)án
- leanbhín
- lisín leanbh (“cemetery for unbaptized children”)
- liúntas linbh (“child's allowance”)
- lubhóigín linbh (“tiny child”)
- lucharachán linbh (“tiny tot, toddler”)
- luspairt linbh (“soft young child”)
- maistín linbh (“unruly child, brat”)
- marla linbh (“puny child”)
- napachán linbh (“a lump of a child”)
- páideog linbh
- pait linbh
- pataire linbh (“chubby child”)
- peitirne linbh (“robust child”)
- plásán linbh (“wheedling child”)
- plobaire linbh (“blubbering child”)
- pluideoga linbh (“baby-wraps”)
- preabaire linbh (“bouncing child”)
- pusaire linbh (“whinging child”)
- rata linbh (“capricious, spoilt, child”)
- rógaire linbh (“roguish, impish, child”)
- sciúgaire linbh (“squalling child”)
- síogaí linbh (“elf-child, changeling”)
- sodamán linbh
- somachán linbh (“plump, fat, child”)
- srian linbh (“leading-strings”)
- tinneas linbh (“in labour”)
- trom ar leanbh (“heavy with child”)
- uchtleanbh (“adopted child”)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leanbh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lenab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 55
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 75