leamhan

See also: leamhán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish legam (“(grub of) clothes-moth”), via an oblique form with a nasal ending (compare legamnach (“moth-eaten”)). The ultimate meaning could have been "eater, destroyer," according to Watkins, who reconstructs *leg-amon- (“destroyer”), for which see legaid.[1]

Noun

leamhan m (genitive singular leamhain, nominative plural leamhain)

  1. moth

Declension
Declension of leamhan

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative leamhan leamhain
Vocative a leamhain a leamhana
Genitive leamhain leamhan
Dative leamhan leamhain

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an leamhan na leamhain
Genitive an leamhain na leamhan
Dative leis an leamhan

don leamhan

 leis na leamhain

References
  1. Watkins, C. (1962). Indo-European Origins of the Celtic Verb. Ireland: Dublin Institute for Advances Studies, 184

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish lemán, lem (“elm tree”).

Noun

leamhan m (genitive singular leamhain, plural leamhain)

  1. elm

Synonyms
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