línéadach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • lín-éadach, línédach, lín-édach, líneudach, lín-eudach, líonéadach, líon-éadach (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Classical Gaelic línédach.[2] By surface analysis, descriptive compound of líon (“linen”) +‎ éadach (“cloth”).

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲiːnʲeːd̪ˠəx/[3], /ˈl̠ʲiːnʲɛd̪ˠax/[4]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲiːnʲəd̪ˠa(x)/[5], /ˈl̠ʲɨnˠəd̪ˠa(x)/[6], /ˈl̠ʲɨnʲəd̪ˠa(x)/[7][8]

Noun

línéadach m (genitive singular línéadaigh, nominative plural línéadaí)

  1. linen (thread or cloth made from flax fiber)
  2. a linen cloth

Declension

Declension of línéadach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative línéadach línéadaí
vocative a línéadaigh a línéadaí
genitive línéadaigh línéadaí
dative línéadach línéadaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an línéadach na línéadaí
genitive an línéadaigh na línéadaí
dative leis an línéadach
don línéadach 		leis na línéadaí

Derived terms

  • cófra línéadaigh (“linen closet, linen press”)
  • línéadach boird (“table linen”)
  • línéadach leapa (“bedclothes, bedlinen”)

References

References
  1. ^ “línéadach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 lín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 187
  4. ^ Stockman, Gerard (1974) The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, section 1600, page 350
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 133, page 51
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 479, page 153
  7. ^ Wagner, Heinrich (1959) Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna [The Irish of Teelin: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts] (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 262, page 92; reprinted 1979
  8. ^ Hamilton, John Noel (1974) A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 3), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University Belfast, page 295

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