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leum
leum
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Noun
leum m (genitive singular leuma, plural leuman or leumannan)
- verbal noun of leum
- jump, leap, skip, spring, bound, dash, frisk, start
- leum gàbhaidh ― a dangerous leap
- emission
Derived terms
- bliadhna-leum (“leap year”)
- dì-leum (“fetter”)
Verb
leum (past leum, future leumaidh, verbal noun leum, past participle leumte)
- leap, bound, spring, skip, frisk, hop, jump, start
- bleed (nose)
- pass (as time, or through space)
- Nuair a leumas e an Fhéill-Brìghde, chan earb an sionnach 'earball ris an deigh. ― When Candlemas is past, the fox will not trust his tail to the ice.
- Leum e air a' mheadhan-oidhche. ― It passed midnight.
- make a slip of the tongue
- Leum mo theanga orm. ― My tongue slipped. I put my foot in it.