léann

See also: leann

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish légend n (“act of studying, reading; reading aloud; learning, doctrine; written law; text, reading; instruction, education, study”) (verbal noun of légaid, from Latin legendum.

Noun

léann m (genitive singular léinn)

  1. Alternative form of léigheann (“(act of) reading, studying”)
  2. learning; education, study
    Ní hualach do dhuine an léann. ― Learning is no encumbrance.
    —Proverb
    Tuigeann fear léinn leathfhocal. (“A word to the wise is sufficient.”, literally “A man of education understands a hint.”) —Proverb
  3. form of learning
Derived terms
  • aos léinn, lucht léinn (“learned people, students, scholars”)
  • léann cogaidh (“training in the art of warfare”)
  • léann farraige (“training in the art of seamanship”)
  • léann liteartha (“belles-lettres”)
  • léannta (“learned, erudite, scholarly”, adj)
  • mac léinn m (“student”, literally “son of learning”)
  • léanntacht f (“learnedness, erudition”)

Etymology 2

Verb

léann

  1. present analytic of léigh

References
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