lemm
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Breton[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Brythonic, from Proto-Celtic *lim-ā- (“to sharpen”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”).[1] Cognate with Cornish lym, Welsh llym.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lemm
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “lim-a”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 239
Old Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
lemm
- first-person singular of la
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 29d27
- Ní mebul lemm cía fa·dam.
- I am not ashamed that I endure it.
- (literally, “There is no shame with me…”)
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 29d27
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- Breton terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Breton terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Breton terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Breton terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Breton terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Breton terms with IPA pronunciation
- Breton lemmas
- Breton adjectives
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish non-lemma forms
- Old Irish prepositional pronouns
- Old Irish terms with quotations