léann

See also: leann, Leann, and leánn

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Ulster) IPA(key): /l̠ʲeːn̪ˠ/[1][2]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲehən̪ˠ/, /ˈl̠ʲeːhən̪ˠ/[3]
  • Homophone: léan (all Munster and many Connacht and Ulster varieties)

Etymology 1

From Old Irish légend n (“act of studying”) (verbal noun of légaid, from Latin legendum.

Noun

léann m (genitive singular léinn)

  1. learning; education, study
    Ní hualach do dhuine an léann. (proverb)
    Learning is no encumbrance.
    Tuigeann fear léinn leathfhocal. (proverb)
    A word to the wise is sufficient.
    (literally, “A man of education understands a hint.”)
  2. form of learning
Derived terms
  • aos léinn (“scholars”)
  • léann cogaidh (“training in the art of warfare”)
  • léann farraige (“training in the art of seamanship”)
  • léann liteartha (“belles-lettres”)
  • léannta (“learned, erudite, scholarly”, adjective)
  • lucht léinn (“scholars”)
  • mac léinn m (“student”, literally “son of learning”)
  • léanntacht f (“learnedness, erudition”)

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “léiġeann”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 652; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “léann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Verb

léann

  1. analytic present of léigh

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, § 121, page 65
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 156, page 60
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 185
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