frith-leumnach

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From frith-leum ((act of) recoiling; recoil) +‎ -ach.

Adjective[edit]

frith-leumnach (comparative frith-leumnaiche)

  1. skipping, bounding

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
frith-leumnach fhrith-leumnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “frith-leumnach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN