leanúint

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish lenamain.[2] By surface analysis, lean +‎ -úint.

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲanˠun̠ʲtʲ/, /ˈl̠ʲan̪ˠun̠ʲtʲ/[3]

Noun

leanúint f (genitive singular leanúna)

  1. verbal noun of lean

Declension
Declension of leanúint

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative leanúint
Vocative a leanúint
Genitive leanúna
Dative leanúint

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an leanúint
Genitive na leanúna
Dative leis an leanúint

don leanúint

Derived terms

References
  1. Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “leanṁain”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 426
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lenamain, lenmain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 21
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