léimm

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Old IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /l͈ʲeːmʲ/

NounEdit

léimm n ‎(genitive léimme, nominative plural léimmen)

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

DescendantsEdit

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

MutationEdit

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