leathann

Irish

Verb

leathann

  1. present indicative analytic of leath

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lethan (“broad, wide”). Cognates include Irish leathan and Manx lhean.

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis, North Uist) IPA(key): /ˈʎɛhiɲ/, /ˈʎehiɲ/, (lenited) /ˈlɛhiɲ/, /ˈlehiɲ/[1][2] (corresponding to the form leathainn)
  • (Barra, Skye) IPA(key): /ˈʎehən̪ˠ/[3][4], (lenited) /ˈlehən̪ˠ/
  • Hyphenation: lea‧thann

Adjective

leathann (comparative leatha or leotha or leithne, qualitative noun leatha or leotha)

  1. broad, wide

Declension

Declension of leathann (type I adjective)
masculine feminine plural
nominative leathann leathann leathanna
genitive leathainn leathainne leathanna
dative leathann leathainn leathanna
vocative leathainn leathann leathanna

Antonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of leathann
radical lenition
leathann unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 18

Further reading

  • Colin Mark (2003) “leathann”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN
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