lìon

See also: lion, Lion, and líon

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʎiən/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [ʎĩũn][1]

Etymology 1

    From Old Irish lín (“flax, linen”), from Proto-Celtic *līnom (“flax”).[2]

    Noun

    lìon m (genitive singular lìn, plural lìontan)

    1. net, web
    2. lint, flax
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

      From Old Irish línaid, from lín (“full number, complement”).

      Verb

      lìon (past lìon, future lìonaidh, verbal noun lìonadh, past participle lìonte)

      1. fill
      2. swell (e.g. tide)
        Tha an tìde-mhara a’ lìonadh.
        The tide is rising.
        Nuair a lìonas an tìde-mhara a-nìos gum mheadhan, feumaidh sinn falbh.
        When the tide rises [lit. "shall rise”] up to my waist, we must leave
      Derived terms

      References

      1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
      2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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