leasainm

See also: leas-ainm

Irish

Etymology

From leas- +‎ ainm (“name”). Compare Middle Irish lesainm (“nickname, sobriquet”), from les- (“substitute”) + ainm. Compare Welsh llysenw.

Noun

leasainm m (genitive singular leasainm, nominative plural leasainmneacha)

1. nickname

   Synonym: forainm

Declension

Declension of leasainm (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative leasainm leasainmneacha vocative a leasainm a leasainmneacha genitive leasainm leasainmneacha dative leasainm leasainmneacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an leasainm na leasainmneacha genitive an leasainm na leasainmneacha dative leis an leasainm don leasainm leis na leasainmneacha

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leasainm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 les”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “leasainm”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “leasainm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025