léann

See also: leann

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish légend n (“act of studying, reading; reading aloud; learning, doctrine; written law; text, reading; instruction, education, study”) (verbal noun of légaid, from Latin legendum.

Noun

léann m (genitive singular léinn)

1. Alternative form of léigheann (“(act of) reading, studying”)
2. learning; education, study

   Ní hualach do dhuine an léann. ― Learning is no encumbrance. —Proverb

   Tuigeann fear léinn leathfhocal. (“A word to the wise is sufficient.”, literally “A man of education understands a hint.”) —Proverb

3. form of learning

Derived terms

• aos léinn, lucht léinn (“learned people, students, 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”, adj)
• mac léinn m (“student”, literally “son of learning”)

 

Related terms

• léanntacht f (“learnedness, erudition”)

Etymology 2

Verb

léann

1. present analytic of léigh

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “léann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN