líomh
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See also: lìomh
Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish límaid (“sharpens, grinds, polishes”). Perhaps borrowed from or related to Latin līmō (“I sharpen”). (Compare Welsh llifio (“whet, hone”) from Latin līma (“file”).)
Verb[edit]
líomh (present analytic líomhann, future analytic líomhfaidh, verbal noun líomhadh, past participle líofa)
- (transitive) grind, sharpen; file, smooth, polish
- (transitive) erode, destroy
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of líomh (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Derived terms[edit]
- líomhadóir m (“grinder, filer, polisher”)
- líomhán m (“file”)
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “líomh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “límaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language