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Irish
Etymology
From leas- + ainm (“name”). Compare Middle Irish lesainm (“nickname, sobriquet”), from les- (“substitute”) + ainm. Compare Welsh llysenw.
Noun
leasainm m (genitive singular leasainm, nominative plural leasainmneacha)
- nickname
- Synonym: forainm
Declension
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leasainm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 les”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “leasainm”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “leasainm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024