leòmann

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • ladhmann, laomann, leadhmann, lèamann, leomann, leamhan

Etymology

From Old Irish legam (“(grub of) clothes-moth”), via an oblique form with a nasal ending (compare legamnach (“moth-eaten”)). The ultimate meaning could have been "eater, destroyer," according to Watkins, who reconstructs *leg-amon- (“destroyer”), for which see legaid.[1] Cognate to Irish leamhan.

Pronunciation

Noun

leòmann m (genitive singular leòmainn, plural leòmannan)

  1. moth

See also

  • burras m (“caterpillar”)
  • dealan-dè m (“butterfly”)
  • dearbadan-dè m (“butterfly”)

References

  1. ^ Watkins, Calvert (1962), Indo-European Origins of the Celtic Verb: I. The Sigmatic Aorist, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page 184
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 24
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 77
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