lenab

Old Irish

Etymology

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Noun

lenab m

1. baby
2. child
3. infant

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lenab	lenabL	lenaibL
vocative	lenaib	lenabL	lenbuH
accusative	lenabN	lenabL	lenbuH
genitive	lenaibL	lenab	lenabN
dative	lenabL	lenbaib	lenbaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• lenbán

Derived terms

• lenbaide

Descendants

• Irish: leanbh
• Manx: lhiannoo
• Scottish Gaelic: leanabh