lèine

See also: Leine and léine

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish léine (compare Irish léine, Manx lheiney).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʎeːɲə/

Noun

lèine f (genitive singular lèine, plural lèintean)

1. shirt, chemise

Declension

• Alternative dative singular: lèinidh (Uist, Barra)
• Alternative genitive singular: lèineadh (Uist, Barra)

Derived terms

• fo-lèine (“vest, undershirt”)
• lèine bhàn (“white tissue lining the eggshell”)
• lèine-T (“T-shirt”)
• lèineag (diminutive)

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “lèine”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “léine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language