lámann

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• lámand
• lámínd

Etymology

From lám (“hand”).

Noun

lámann f (nominative plural lámanna)

1. glove, gauntlet
   • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 808

     lāmand .i. lām-ind na lāime édigthir dī

2. sleeve

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lámannL	lámainnL	lámannaH
vocative	lámannL	lámainnL	lámannaH
accusative	lámainnN	lámainnL	lámannaH
genitive	lámainneH	lámannL	lámannN
dative	lámainnL	lámannaib	lámannaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• lámannán (“bladder”)

Descendants

• Irish: lámhainn
• Scottish Gaelic: làmhainn
• Manx: lauean

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lámann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language