léimm

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *lanxsman (compare Welsh llam), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light, not heavy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l͈ʲeːmʲ/

Noun

léimm n (genitive léimme, nominative plural léimmen)

1. verbal noun of lingid
2. jump
3. leap

Inflection

Neuter n-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	léimmN	léimmN	léimmenL
Vocative	léimmN	léimmN	léimmenL
Accusative	léimmN	léimmN	léimmenL
Genitive	léimme	léimmenN	léimmenN
Dative	léimmimL	léimmenaib	léimmenaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: léim
• Manx: lheim
• Scottish Gaelic: leum

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
léimm also lléimm after a proclitic ending in a vowel	léimm pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.