léan

See also: Lean, Léan, and lean

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

léan m (genitive singular léin, nominative plural léanta)

  1. affliction, grief, anguish, woe
    Mo léan!
    Woe is me!

Declension

Declension of léan (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative léan léanta
vocative a léin a léana
genitive léin léan
dative léan léanta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an léan na léanta
genitive an léin na léan
dative leis an léan
don léan 		leis na léanta

Derived terms

  • léanmhar (“sorrowful, woeful, agonizing”)

Descendants

  • → Yola: llean

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 207, page 104
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 234

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