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)

  1. to dare, presume (be presumptuous enough)
    leomhfainn é sin a rá.
    I wouldn't dare/presume to say that.
  2. to allow
    Synonym: ceadaigh

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

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

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