leamhan

See also: leamhán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish legam (“(grub of) clothes-moth”), via an oblique form with a nasal ending (compare legamnach (“moth-eaten”)). The ultimate meaning could have been "eater, destroyer," according to Watkins, who reconstructs *leg-amon- (“destroyer”), for which see legaid.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈlʲɑ̃un̪ˠ/

Noun

leamhan m (genitive singular leamhain, nominative plural leamhain)

1. moth

Declension

Declension of leamhan (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative leamhan leamhain vocative a leamhain a leamhana genitive leamhain leamhan dative leamhan leamhain forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an leamhan na leamhain genitive an leamhain na leamhan dative leis an leamhan don leamhan leis na leamhain

Scottish Gaelic

Leamhan.

Etymology

From Middle Irish lemán. Cognates include Irish leamhán and Manx lhiouan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʎɛvan/
• Hyphenation: lea‧mhan

Noun

leamhan m

1. elm

Declension

Declension of leamhan (type I masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	leamhan	leamhain
genitive	leamhain	leamhan
dative	leamhan	leamhain; leamhanaibh✝
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) leamhan	(na) leamhain
genitive	(an) leamhain	(nan) leamhan
dative	(an) leamhan	(na) leamhain; leamhanaibh✝
vocative	leamhain	leamhana

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

• ailm

Mutation

Mutation of leamhan

radical	lenition
leamhan	unchanged

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

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “leamhan”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 386