frith-leumnach

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• frith-lèimneach

Etymology

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

Adjective

frith-leumnach (comparative frith-leumnaiche)

1. skipping, bounding

Mutation

Mutation of frith-leumnach

radical	lenition
frith-leumnach	fhrith-leumnach

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-leumnach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN