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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)
- (pale) ale; beer
- Synonym: (pale ale) leann gealbhuí
- liquid, fluid
Declension
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)
- (literary) cloak, mantle
Declension
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 linn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 lenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “leann” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “leann” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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)
- ale, beer
- liquor, drink
- (in the plural) humours of the body
Synonyms
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| leann |
unchanged
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “leann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 linn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language