leanbh

leanbh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lenab (“infant, babe, child; young man, youth, boy”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈlʲan̪ˠəvˠ/, (Waterford, Leinster) IPA^(key): /ˈlʲan̪ˠə/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲanˠəw/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲanˠu/

Noun

leanbh m (genitive singular linbh, nominative plural leanaí or leanbhaí)

1. child, baby

   Baist do leanbh féin ar dtús.

   Charity begins at home.

   (literally, “Baptise your own child first.”)

Declension

Declension of leanbh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative leanbh leanaí Vocative a linbh a leanaí Genitive linbh leanaí Dative leanbh leanaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an leanbh na leanaí Genitive an linbh na leanaí Dative leis an leanbh don leanbh leis na leanaí

Alternative declension

Declension of leanbh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative leanbh leanbhaí Vocative a linbh a leanbha Genitive linbh leanbh Dative leanbh leanbhaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an leanbh na leanbhaí Genitive an linbh na leanbh Dative leis an leanbh don leanbh leis na leanbhaí

Synonyms

• babaí
• bunóc
• leanbán

Derived terms

• airleacán linbh
• balpóg linbh
• bolscaire linbh
• bonsaire linbh
• bréagán linbh
• broicleach linbh
• buidéal linbh
• carrachán linbh
• ceolán linbh
• cóiste linbh
• contrálaí linbh
• cóta linbh
• crabadán linbh
• cráiteachán linbh
• diabhlóir linbh
• dílleachta linbh
• draoidín linbh
• geabaire linbh
• geadán linbh
• gillín linbh
• gleoiteog linbh
• golspaire linbh
• imeachtaí linbh
• láchán linbh
• lapadán linbh
• leaba linbh
• leanb(h)án
• leanbh baistí
• leanbh fir
• leanbhín
• leanbh iníne
• leanbh mic
• leanbh mná
• leanbh tabhartha
• lisín leanbh
• liúntas linbh
• lubhóigín linbh
• lucharachán linbh
• luspairt linbh
• maistín linbh
• marla linbh
• napachán linbh
• páideog linbh
• pait linbh
• pataire linbh
• peitirne linbh
• plásán linbh
• plobaire linbh
• pluideoga linbh
• preabaire linbh
• pusaire linbh
• rata linbh
• rógaire linbh
• roithleán linbh
• sciúgaire linbh
• síogaí linbh
• sodamán linbh
• somachán linbh
• srian linbh
• tinneas linbh
• trom ar leanbh
• uchtleanbh

 

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “leanbh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lenab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 55