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Irish
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Noun
leannán sí m (genitive singular leannáin sí, nominative plural leannáin sí)
- phantom lover, fairy lover
- delicate or sickly person
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “leannán síḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 426
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leannán sí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 86