léim

See also: leim, Leim, and lèim

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l̠ʲeːmʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish léimm, from Proto-Celtic *lang-smen- (compare Welsh llam), from Proto-Indo-European *legʷh- (light, not heavy). The verb is denominal from the noun; the Old Irish verb lingid gave Modern ling, which is now literary.

Noun

léim f (genitive singular léime, nominative plural léimeanna)

  1. verbal noun of léim
  2. jump
    1. leap
    2. sudden jump, start
    3. obstacle to be jumped
  3. (geography) chasm, promontory
Declension
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Verb

léim (present analytic léimeann, future analytic léimfidh, verbal noun léim, past participle léimthe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) jump
    1. leap, bound
    2. start
    3. fly up, out
    4. rush at, attack
    5. skip (over)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • aisléim (recoil, intransitive verb)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • léighim (obsolete)

Verb

léim

  1. first-person singular present indicative of léigh
  2. first-person singular imperative of léigh

Further reading

  • "léim" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • léimm” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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