léana

See also: lèana

Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *lekno, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leym- (“marshy meadow”) (see *léymō (“lake”)). However, compare Welsh llwyn (“grove, woods, copse”), which is borrowed from Latin lignum.[1]

Noun

léana m (genitive singular léana, nominative plural léanta)

  1. low-lying grassy place, water-meadow
  2. greensward, lawn

Declension
Declension of léana

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative léana léanta
Vocative a léana a léanta
Genitive léana léanta
Dative léana léanta

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an léana na léanta
Genitive an léana na léanta
Dative leis an léana

don léana

 leis na léanta

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • fiabhras léana m (“hay fever”)

References
  1. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “léana”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page lèan
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