líomh
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See also: lìomh
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish límaid (“sharpens, grinds, polishes”). Perhaps borrowed from or related to Latin līmō (“I sharpen”). (Compare Welsh llifio (“whet, hone”) from Latin līma (“file”).)
Verb
[edit]líomh (present analytic líomhann, future analytic líomhfaidh, verbal noun líomhadh, past participle líofa)
- (transitive) grind, sharpen; file, smooth, polish
- (transitive) erode, destroy
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of líomh (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Derived terms
[edit]- líomhadóir m (“grinder, filer, polisher”)
- líomhán m (“file”)
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “líomh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “límaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language