lenamain

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• lenmain

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl͈ʲenəṽənʲ/

Noun

lenamain f

1. verbal noun of lenaid

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	lenamainL	lenamainL	lenamnaH
Vocative	lenamainL	lenamainL	lenamnaH
Accusative	lenamainN	lenamainL	lenamnaH
Genitive	lenamnaeH	lenamainL	lenamainN
Dative	lenamainL	lenamnaib	lenamnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
lenamain also llenamain after a proclitic	lenamain pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lenamain, lenmain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language