leann

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish linn (“drink, liquid; brew, ale, beer, intoxicating drink”).

Noun

leann m, f (genitive singular leanna, nominative plural leannta)

(pale) ale; beer
liquid, fluid

Declension

Declension of leann

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	leann	leannta
Vocative	a leann	a leannta
Genitive	leanna	leannta
Dative	leann	leannta

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an leann	na leannta
Genitive	an leanna	na leannta
Dative	leis an leann don leann	leis na leannta

Derived terms

Derived terms

leann bó m (“milk”)
leann donn m (“brown ale”)
leann dubh m (“stout”)

leann fraoigh m (“heather-ale”)
leann pailme m (“toddy”)
leann piorra m (“perry”)

leann sinséir m (“ginger ale”)
leann táith m (“binding influence”)

leann úll m (“cider”)
teach leanna m (“ale-house”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish lenn f (“cloak, mantle”).

Noun

leann f (genitive singular leinne, nominative plural leanna)

(literary) cloak, mantle

Declension

Declension of leann

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	leann	leanna
Vocative	a leann	a leanna
Genitive	leinne	leann
Dative	leann	leanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an leann	na leanna
Genitive	na leinne	na leann
Dative	leis an leann don leann	leis na leanna

References

"leann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“2 linn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“1 lenn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish linn (“drink, liquid; brew, ale, beer, intoxicating drink”).

Noun

leann m (genitive singular leanna, plural leanntan or leanntaidhean)

ale, beer
liquor, drink
(in plural) humours of the body

Synonyms

lionn

Derived terms

Terms derived from leann

bèist-dà-leann f (“tapeworm”)
droch leanntan m pl (“bad humours”)
eadar dhà leann (“'twixt sinking and swimming; water-logged”)
leann-caol m, leth-leann m (“small beer”)
leann-geur m, leann-goirt m (“alegar, sour ale”)

leann-goile m, leann-meirbhidh m (“chyle”)
leann-làidir m (“strong beer”)
leann-loisgte m (“dregs from distilling whisky; dregs from which ale is brewed”)
leann-ràcadail m (“ginger beer”)
leann-ruadh m (“choler, anger”)

leann-ruadhaidh m (“choler”)
leann-tàlaidh m (“allurement, power of enticing by charms”)
leann-tàthaidh m (“callus fluid; cement; animal spirits in the body”)
leann-ubhall m (“cider”)
taigh-leanna m (“beerhouse”)

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
“2 linn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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