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lèine

lèine

See also: Leine and léine

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

lèine f ‎(genitive singular lèine, plural lèintean)

shirt, chemise

Derived terms

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

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
“léine” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.