leanbhín
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Irish
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[edit]Noun
[edit]leanbhín m (genitive singular leanbhín, nominative plural leanbhíní)
- little baby
- Synonym: leanbán
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 196:
- Do bhuail sé an cé isteach agus bhí Máire Bhán agus a leanbhín álainn roimis agus sceitimíní uirthi ag fáiltiughadh roimis.
- He made his way onto the quay, and Máire Bhán and her beautiful little baby were waiting for him, and welcomed him excitedly.
Declension
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