léine
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish léine (compare Manx lheiney, Scottish Gaelic lèine).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
léine f (genitive singular léine, nominative plural léinte)
Declension[edit]
Declension of léine
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural: léinteacha (Cois Fharraige), léintreacha
Derived terms[edit]
- brollach léine m (“shirt-front”)
- léine Aifrinn f (“alb, surplice”)
- léine chaol f (“fine linen shirt”)
- léine chealtrach f (“body-shirt”)
- léine chnis f (“(under)vest, under-shirt”)
- léine chrua f (“stiff shirt”)
- léine chruach f, léine mháilleach f (“shirt of mail”)
- léine Haváíoch f (“aloha shirt”)
- léine Mhuire f (“Lady's-smock, cuckoo-flower”)
- léine oíche f (“night-shirt, night-dress”)
- léine róin f (“hair-shirt”)
- léinteog f, léintín m (“little shirt”)
- léinteoir m (“shirtmaker”)
- muinchille léine f (“shirt-sleeve”)
- taisléine f (“shroud”)
Related terms[edit]
- léinteoireacht f (“shirtmaking”)
Further reading[edit]
- "léine" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “léine”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
- Entries containing “léine” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “léine” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Old Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
léine f
Inflection[edit]
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Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “léine”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
