lìon

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See also: lion, Lion, and líon

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lìon m (genitive singular lìn, plural lìontan)

  1. net, web
  2. lint, flax

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

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