liamhán

Irish

Alternative forms

  • liabán, liabhán, liomhán, líomhán[1]

Etymology

Probably an alternative form of líomhán (“file, rasp”), from líomh (“to grind, file”) +‎ -án.[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲuːaːnˠ/[4] (corresponding to the form liomhán)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲĩːwanˠ/[5] (corresponding to the form líomhán)

Noun

liamhán m (genitive singular liamháin, nominative plural liamháin)

  1. basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

Declension

Declension of liamhán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative liamhán liamháin
vocative a liamháin a liamhána
genitive liamháin liamhán
dative liamhán liamháin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an liamhán na liamháin
genitive an liamháin na liamhán
dative leis an liamhán
don liamhán 		leis na liamháin

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ “liamhán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “líoṁán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 664; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “30227”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 198 (v), page 46
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 473, page 151

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