frith-lèimneach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From frith-lèim (“(act of) recoiling; recoil”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

frith-lèimneach (comparative frith-lèimniche)

1. Alternative form of frith-leumnach (“skipping, bounding”)

Mutation

Mutation of frith-lèimneach

radical	lenition
frith-lèimneach	fhrith-lèimneach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “frith-lèimneach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN