lèine

See also: Leine and léine

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish léine (compare Irish léine, Manx lheiney).

Noun

lèine f (genitive singular lèine, plural lèintean)

shirt, chemise

Derived terms

fo-lèine (“vest, undershirt”)
lèineag (diminutive)
lèine bhàn (“white tissue lining the eggshell”)
lèine-T (“T-shirt”)

Further reading

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
“léine” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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