léann
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster, Ulster) IPA(key): /l̠ʲeːn̪ˠ/[1][2]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲehən̪ˠ/, /ˈl̠ʲeːhən̪ˠ/[3]
- Homophone: léan (all Munster and many Connacht and Ulster varieties)
Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish légend n (“act of studying”) (verbal noun of légaid, from Latin legendum.
Noun
[edit]léann m (genitive singular léinn)
- learning; education, study
- Ní hualach do dhuine an léann. (proverb)
- Learning is no encumbrance.
- Tuigeann fear léinn leathfhocal. (proverb)
- A word to the wise is sufficient.
- (literally, “A man of education understands a hint.”)
- form of learning
Derived terms
[edit]- aos léinn (“scholars”)
- léann cogaidh (“training in the art of warfare”)
- léann farraige (“training in the art of seamanship”)
- léann liteartha (“belles-lettres”)
- léannta (“learned, erudite, scholarly”, adjective)
- lucht léinn (“scholars”)
- mac léinn m (“student”, literally “son of learning”)
Related terms
[edit]- léanntacht f (“learnedness, erudition”)
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “léiġeann”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 652; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “léann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]léann
References
[edit]- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 121, page 65
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 156, page 60
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 185
