lìon

See also: lion, Lion, and líon

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʎiən/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [ʎĩũn][1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish lín (“flax, linen”), from Proto-Celtic *līnom (“flax”).[2]

Noun

lìon m (genitive singular lìn, plural lìontan)

  1. net, web
  2. lint, flax
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish línaid, from lín (“full number, complement”).

Verb

lìon (past lìon, future lìonaidh, verbal noun lìonadh, past participle lìonte)

  1. fill
  2. swell (e.g. tide)
    Tha an tìde-mhara a’ lìonadh.
    The tide is rising.
    Nuair a lìonas an tìde-mhara a-nìos gum mheadhan, feumaidh sinn falbh.
    When the tide rises [lit. "shall rise”] up to my waist, we must leave
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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