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Irish
Etymology
Originally the future of now archaic lamh (whence lamháil), from Middle Irish lamaid, from Old Irish ro·laimethar, from Proto-Celtic *lamyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lm̥H-yé-ti (“to tire; to break”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Verb
leomh (present analytic leomhann, future analytic leomhfaidh, verbal noun leomhadh, past participle leofa)
- to dare, presume (be presumptuous enough)
- Synonyms: bheith de mhisneach ag, bheith d'uchtach ag
Ní leomhfainn é sin a rá.- I wouldn't dare/presume to say that.
- to allow
- Synonym: ceadaigh
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
References
- ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2011–2023) “*h₃lemH- ‘sich mühen; brechen’”, in Addenda und Corrigenda zu LIV², page 43
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “lam-yo- ‘dare’ ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 232
Further reading
- “leomh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leomh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “leomh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “leomhaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “lámhaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 416
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lamaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language