lèine
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish léine (compare Irish léine, Manx lheiney).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lèine 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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “léine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language