leann

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish linn (“drink, liquid; brew, ale, beer, intoxicating drink”), from Proto-Celtic *lindom. Doublet of lionn.

Alternative forms

Noun

leann m or f (genitive singular leanna, nominative plural leannta)

  1. (pale) ale; beer
    Synonym: (pale ale) leann gealbhuí
  2. liquid, fluid
Declension
Declension of leann

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative leann leannta
Vocative a leann a leannta
Genitive leanna leannta
Dative leann leannta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an leann na leannta
Genitive an leanna na leannta
Dative leis an leann

don leann

leis na leannta
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish lenn f (“cloak, mantle”), from Proto-Celtic *linnā (“cloak, veil”). Cognate with Welsh llen, Cornish len, Breton lenn, Gaulish linna.

Noun

leann f (genitive singular leinne, nominative plural leanna)

  1. (literary) cloak, mantle
Declension
Declension of leann

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative leann leanna
Vocative a leann a leanna
Genitive leinne leann
Dative leann leanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an leann na leanna
Genitive na leinne na leann
Dative leis an leann

don leann

leis na leanna

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish linn, lind (“drink, liquid; brew, ale, beer, intoxicating drink”) and cognate with Welsh llyn. Stokes suggests a connection with Ancient Greek πλαδαρός (pladarós, “moist”).

Pronunciation

Noun

leann m (genitive singular leanna, plural leanntan or leanntaidhean)

  1. ale, beer
  2. liquor, drink
  3. (in the plural) humours of the body

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of leann
radical lenition
leann unchanged

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “leann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 linn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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