léan
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /lʲiːa̯n̪ˠ/
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /l̠ʲeːnˠ/, /l̠ʲeːn̪ˠ/
- Homophone: léann (many Connacht and Ulster varieties)
Noun edit
léan m (genitive singular léin, nominative plural léanta)
- affliction, grief, anguish, woe
- Mo léan!
- Woe is me!
Declension edit
Declension of léan
Derived terms edit
- léanmhar (“sorrowful, woeful, agonizing”)
Descendants edit
- → Yola: llean
Further reading edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “léan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 425
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “léan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN