líomh
See also: lìomh
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish límaid (“sharpens, grinds, polishes”). Perhaps borrowed from or related to Latin līmō (“I sharpen”). (Compare Welsh llifio (“whet, hone”) from Latin līma (“file”).)
Verb
editlíomh (present analytic líomhann, future analytic líomhfaidh, verbal noun líomhadh, past participle líofa)
- (transitive) grind, sharpen; file, smooth, polish
- (transitive) erode, destroy
Conjugation
editconjugation of líomh (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Derived terms
edit- líomhadóir m (“grinder, filer, polisher”)
- líomhán m (“file”)
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “líomh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “límaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language