limfe

Irish

Etymology

From Latin lympha (“water, water nymph”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “nymph”).

Noun

limfe f (genitive singular limfe)

  1. (physiology, immunology) lymph

Declension

Declension of limfe (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative limfe
vocative a limfe
genitive limfe
dative limfe
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an limfe
genitive na limfe
dative leis an limfe
don limfe

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “limfe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “lymph”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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