léimm

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *lanxsman (compare Welsh llam), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“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
Neuter n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative léimmN léimmN léimmenL
Vocative léimmN léimmN léimmenL
Accusative léimmN léimmN léimmenL
Genitive léimme léimmenN léimmenN
Dative léimmimL léimmenaib léimmenaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

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

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