lèine
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish léine (compare Irish léine, Manx lheiney).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlèine f (genitive singular lèine, plural lèintean)
Derived terms
edit- fo-lèine (“vest, undershirt”)
- lèine bhàn (“white tissue lining the eggshell”)
- lèine-T (“T-shirt”)
- lèineag (diminutive)
Further reading
edit- Edward Dwelly (1911) “lèine”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “léine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language