leanbán

Irish

Alternative forms

• leanbhán

Etymology

From Middle Irish lenbán.

Noun

leanbán m (genitive singular leanbáin, nominative plural leanbáin)

1. little child, baby; darling

Declension

Declension of leanbán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative leanbán leanbáin vocative a leanbáin a leanbána genitive leanbáin leanbán dative leanbán leanbáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an leanbán na leanbáin genitive an leanbáin na leanbán dative leis an leanbán don leanbán leis na leanbáin

Synonyms

• babaí
• bunóc
• leanbh(ín)

 

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leanbán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lenbán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language