léimm

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *lanxsmen- (compare Welsh llam), from Proto-Indo-European *legʷh- (“light, not heavy”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /l͈ʲeːmʲ/

Noun

léimm n (genitive léimme, nominative plural léimmen)

  1. verbal noun of lingid
  2. jump
  3. leap

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Irish: léim
  • Manx: lheim
  • Scottish Gaelic: leum

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
léimm
also lléimm after a proclitic		 léimm
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/		 léimm
also lléimm after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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