leamhnacht

Irish

Etymology

A dissimilated variant of leamhlacht, from Middle Irish lemnacht, lemlacht, from Old Irish lemlacht, lemnacht,[1] from Proto-Celtic *lemomlixtus. Was originally masculine, but later became feminine due to association with the suffix -acht.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈlʲaun̪ˠəxt̪ˠ/[2]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲaunˠəxt̪ˠ/[3]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲaunˠa(x)t̪ˠ/

Noun

leamhnacht f or m (genitive singular leamhnachta)

  1. new milk, milk fresh from the cow

Declension

As a feminine noun:

Declension of leamhnacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative leamhnacht
vocative a leamhnacht
genitive leamhnachta
dative leamhnacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an leamhnacht
genitive na leamhnachta
dative leis an leamhnacht
don leamhnacht

As a masculine noun:

Declension of leamhnacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative leamhnacht
vocative a leamhnacht
genitive leamhnachta
dative leamhnacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an leamhnacht
genitive an leamhnachta
dative leis an leamhnacht
don leamhnacht

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lemnacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 80, page 43
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 183

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