lìon

See also: lion, Lion, and líon

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʎiən/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish lín (“flax, linen”), from Proto-Celtic *līnom (“flax”).

Noun

lìon m (genitive singular lìn, plural lìontan)

1. net, web
2. lint, flax

Derived terms

• eadar-lìon
• gealbhonn-lìn
• làrach-lìn
• seòladh-lìn

Etymology 2

From Old Irish línaid, from lín (“full number, complement”).

Verb

lìon (past lìon, future lìonaidh, verbal noun lìonadh, past participle lìonte)

1. fill
2. swell (e.g. tide)

   Tha an tìde-mhara a’ lìonadh.

   The tide is rising.

   Nuair a lìonas an tìde-mhara a-nìos gum mheadhan, feumaidh sinn falbh.

   When the tide rises [lit. "shall rise”] up to my waist, we must leave

Derived terms

• ath-lìon

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN