frith-lèimneach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From frith-lèim (“(act of) recoiling; recoil”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

frith-lèimneach (comparative frith-lèimniche)

  1. Alternative form of frith-leumnach (“skipping, bounding”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
frith-lèimneachfhrith-lèimneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “frith-lèimneach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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