leomh
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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 *h₃lem-.[1]
Verb[edit]
leomh (present analytic leomhann, future analytic leomhfaidh, verbal noun leomhadh, past participle leofa)
- to dare, presume (be presumptuous enough)
- Ní leomhfainn é sin a rá.
- I wouldn't dare/presume to say that.
- to allow
- Synonym: ceadaigh
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of leomh (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
References[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “lámhaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 416
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “leomhaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leomh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃lem-
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish lemmas
- Irish verbs
- Irish terms with usage examples
- Irish first-conjugation verbs of class A