leomh

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Irish

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Etymology

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Originally the future of now archaic lamh (whence lamháil), from Middle Irish lamaid, from Old Irish ro·laimethar, from Proto-Celtic *lamyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lm̥H-yé-ti (to tire; to break).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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leomh (present analytic leomhann, future analytic leomhfaidh, verbal noun leomhadh, past participle leofa)

  1. to dare, presume (be presumptuous enough)
    Synonyms: bheith de mhisneach ag, bheith d'uchtach ag
    leomhfainn é sin a rá.
    I wouldn't dare/presume to say that.
  2. to allow
    Synonym: ceadaigh

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2011–2023) “*h₃lemH- ‘sich mühen; brechen’”, in Addenda und Corrigenda zu LIV²[1], page 43
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “lam-yo- ‘dare’ [Vb]”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 232

Further reading

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