léine

See also: Leine and lèine

Irish

Alternative forms

• léinidh

Etymology

From Old Irish léine (compare Manx lheiney, Scottish Gaelic lèine).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲeːnʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲeːnʲi/ (corresponding to the form léinidh)

Noun

léine f (genitive singular léine, nominative plural léinte)

1. shirt
2. tunic

Declension

Declension of léine (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative léine léinte vocative a léine a léinte genitive léine léinte dative léine léinte forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an léine na léinte genitive na léine na léinte dative leis an léine don léine leis na léinte

• Alternative plural: léinteacha (Cois Fharraige), léintreacha

Derived terms

• brollach léine m (“shirt-front”)
• léine Mhuire f (“Lady's-smock, cuckoo-flower”)
• léine Aifrinn f (“alb, surplice”)
• léine chaol f (“fine linen shirt”)
• léine chealtrach f (“body-shirt”)
• léine chnis f (“(under)vest, under-shirt”)
• léine chrua f (“stiff shirt”)
• léine chruach f (“shirt of mail”)
• léine Haváíoch f (“aloha shirt”)
• léine mháilleach f (“shirt of mail”)
• léine oíche f (“night-shirt, night-dress”)
• léine róin f (“hair-shirt”)
• léinteog f (“little shirt”)
• léinteoir m (“shirtmaker”)
• léintín m (“little shirt”)
• muinchille léine f (“shirt-sleeve”)
• taisléine f (“shroud”)

Related terms

• léinteoireacht f (“shirtmaking”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “léine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “léine”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “léine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• léne

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl͈ʲeːnʲe/

Noun

léine f

1. (fabric) linen
2. (clothing) tunic, smock

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	léineL	léiniL	léini
vocative	léineL	léiniL	léini
accusative	léiniN	léiniL	léini
genitive	léine	léineL	léineN
dative	léiniL	léinib	léinib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Feminine t-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	léine	léinidL, léine	léinid
vocative	léine	léinidL, léine	léintea
accusative	léinidN	léinidL, léine	léintea
genitive	léined	léined	léinedN
dative	léinidL	léintib	léintib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: léine
• Manx: lheiney
• Scottish Gaelic: lèine

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “léine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language