lamháil

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Irish

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Etymology

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From now archaic lamh (from Middle Irish lamaid, from Old Irish ro·laimethar, from Proto-Celtic *lamyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lem-[1]) + -áil.

Verb

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lamháil (present analytic lamhálann, future analytic lamhálfaidh, verbal noun lamháil, past participle lamháilte)

  1. to allow, grant
    Synonym: ceadaigh

Conjugation

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Noun

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lamháil f (genitive singular lamhála)

  1. verbal noun of lamháil
  2. allowance, margin

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “lam-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 232

Further reading

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