leanbaí

Irish

Alternative forms

  • leanbach, leanbaíoch, leanbhaí, leanbhaíoch
  • leanabach, leanbaidhe, leanbhach, leanbhaidhe, leanbhuíoch, leanbuidhe (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish lenbaide (“childish, puerile”), from lenab (“infant, child, youth, boy”). By surface analysis, leanbh +‎ -aí (adjectival suffix)).

Pronunciation

Adjective

leanbaí

  1. childlike
  2. childish, infantile

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “leanbaí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 12, page 15

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “leanḃaiḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 642; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “leanbaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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