léim

See also: leim, Leim, and lèim

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish léimm,[1] from Proto-Celtic *lanxsman (compare Welsh llam), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (light, not heavy). The verb is denominal from the noun; the Old Irish verb lingid gave Modern ling, which is now literary.

Pronunciation

Noun

léim f (genitive singular léime, nominative plural léimeanna)

  1. verbal noun of léim
  2. jump, leap
  3. obstacle to be jumped
  4. (geography) chasm, promontory
Declension
Declension of léim (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative léim léimeanna
vocative a léim a léimeanna
genitive léime léimeanna
dative léim léimeanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an léim na léimeanna
genitive na léime na léimeanna
dative leis an léim
don léim
leis na léimeanna
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • athléim m (rebound)
  • léim ailt f (dislocation, spraining, of joint)
  • léim an daill f (leap in the dark)
  • léim an tsiosúir f (scissors jump)
  • léim ard f (high jump)
  • léim as bonn f (standing jump)
  • léim buinne f (gush of water)
  • léim chaorach sa duibheagán f (leap in the dark)
  • léim choirp f (standing jump)
  • léim chuaille f (pole vault)
  • léim éin f (rising of bird)
  • léim fáis f (sudden growth)
  • léim fhada f (long jump)
  • léim giorria f (hare's leap)
  • léim i leataobh f (jump to one side; aberration)
  • léim láimhe f (vault)
  • léim na srathrach f (straddle jump)
  • léim reatha f (running jump)
  • léim rúitín f (dislocation, spraining, of ankle)
  • léim táilliúra f (somersault performed with legs crossed)
  • léim uisce f (water-jump)
  • léimneach f ((act of) jumping)
  • léimneach (jumping, leaping, bounding; flitting, changeable, adjective)
  • léimneoir m (jumper)
  • léimrás m (steeplechase)
  • léimrásaíocht f (chasing)
  • pocléim (buckjump)

Verb

léim (present analytic léimeann, future analytic léimfidh, verbal noun léim, past participle léimthe)

  1. (ambitransitive) to jump, leap, bound
  2. to skip (omit or disregard intermediate items or stages)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • aisléim (recoil, intransitive verb)
Descendants
  • Yola: leam

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “léimim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 654; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “léim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

  • léighim (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /lʲeːmʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /l̠ʲeːmʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲeːjəmˠ/, [ˈl̠ʲɛi̯jəmˠ][3] (corresponding to the form léighim)
  • Homophone: leáim (Ulster)

Verb

léim

  1. first-person singular present indicative/imperative of léigh

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “léimm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 80, page 43
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 153, page 60