lìon

See also: lion, Lion, and líon

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Along with Old Irish lín (“flax, linen”), borrowed from Latin linum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʎiən/

Noun

lìon m (genitive singular lìn, plural lìontan)

  1. net, web
  2. lint, flax

Derived terms

Verb

lìon (past lìon, future lìonaidh, verbal noun lìonadh, past participle lìonte)

  1. fill
  2. swell (e.g. tide)
    Tha an tìde-mhara a’ lìonadh.
    The tide is rising.
    Nuair a lìonas an tìde-mhara a-nìos gum mheadhan, feumaidh sinn falbh.
    When the tide rises [lit. "shall rise”] up to my waist, we must leave

Derived terms

References
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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