leum

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

lèim

Etymology

From Old Irish léimm, from Proto-Celtic *lang-smen- (compare Welsh llam), from Proto-Indo-European *legʷh- (“light, not heavy”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʎeːm], /ʎeːm/

Noun

leum m (genitive singular leuma, plural leuman or leumannan)

verbal noun of leum
leap, bound, spring, frisk, start, shake
leum gàbhaidh ― a dangerous leap
leaping, act of leaping, jump
animal semen
emission
flaw
sudden rage, impulsive anger
milk

Derived terms

ath-leum (“second leap”)
baoth-leum (“fearful or dangerous leap; prancing, vaulting; bound”)
bliadhna-leum (“leap-year”)
cruinn-leum (“leal without a run, standing jump; bound; horse's gallop”)
déidh-leum (“horse-fetter”)
dì-leum (“shackle; horse-fetter”)
frith-leum (“quickstep; skip, bound, hop”)
grad-leum (“quick spring, jump, bound”)
guda-leum (“bound, wild leap”)
leum a' bhradain (“the salmon leap”)
leum-a-chrann (“honeysuckle or woodbine”)
leum-àrd (“high jump”)
leum-droma (“lumbago”)
leum-fada (“long jump”)
leum-ruith (“running leap”)
leum-shneachd (“avalanche”)
leum-uisge (“waterfall”)

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.

Derived terms

ath-leum (“rebound, spring or leap again”, verb)
cair-leum (“tumble or toss about; beat about”, verb)
frith-leum (“skip, leap, bound, hop”, verb)
grad-leum (“spring, jump quickly”, verb)

Further reading

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
C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “léimm”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

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