llémena
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Most likely simply from Late Latin lendina,[1] variant of lendinem, from Classical Latin lendem.
The unexpected /m/ (instead of */n/, the usual outcome of Latin /-nd-/) may be due to analogy with another word- or simply dissimilation from the following /n/.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
llémena f (plural llémenes)
- a nit
- (textiles, usually in the plural) a small defect in a piece of cloth with the appearance of a nit
- a hedgehog mushroom (Hydnum repandum), so named from having bodies with the appearance of a nit instead of gills on the underside of the fruiting body to disperse the spores
See also[edit]
- poll (louse)
References[edit]
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lens, -dis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 250
Further reading[edit]
- “llémena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “llémena” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “llémena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “llémena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024