Irish

Noun

leann m, f ‎(genitive singular leanna, nominative plural leannta)

1. (pale) ale; beer
2. liquid, fluid

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish lenn f ‎(“cloak, mantle”).

Noun

leann f ‎(genitive singular leinne, nominative plural leanna)

1. (literary) cloak, mantle

Declension

References

• "leann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “2 linn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “1 lenn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish linn n ‎(“drink, liquid; brew, ale, beer, intoxicating drink”).

Noun

leann m ‎(genitive singular leanna, plural leanntan or leanntaidhean)

1. ale, beer
2. liquor, drink
3. (in plural) humours of the body

Synonyms

• lionn

Derived terms

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “2 linn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.