# léine
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* léinidh

### Etymology

From Old Irish léine (compare Manx lheiney, Scottish Gaelic lèine).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈl̠ʲeːnʲə/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈl̠ʲeːnʲi/ (corresponding to the form léinidh)

### Noun

léine f (genitive singular léine, nominative plural léinte)
* shirt
* tunic

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
léine
léinte
vocative
a léine
a léinte
genitive
léine
léinte
dative
léine
léinte
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an léine
na léinte
genitive
na léine
na léinte
dative
leis an léine don léine
leis na léinte :
* Alternative plural: léinteacha (Cois Fharraige), léintreacha

#### Derived terms

* brollach léine m (“shirt-front”)
* léine Mhuire f (“Lady's-smock, cuckoo-flower”)
* léine Aifrinn f (“alb, surplice”)
* léine chaol f (“fine linen shirt”)
* léine chealtrach f (“body-shirt”)
* léine chnis f (“(under)vest, under-shirt”)
* léine chrua f (“stiff shirt”)
* léine chruach f (“shirt of mail”)
* léine Haváíoch f (“aloha shirt”)
* léine mháilleach f (“shirt of mail”)
* léine oíche f (“night-shirt, night-dress”)
* léine róin f (“hair-shirt”)
* léinteog f (“little shirt”)
* léinteoir m (“shirtmaker”)
* léintín m (“little shirt”)
* muinchille léine f (“shirt-sleeve”)
* taisléine f (“shroud”)

#### Related terms

* léinteoireacht f (“shirtmaking”)

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “léine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 93

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “léine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “léine”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “léine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* léne

### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈl͈ʲeːnʲe/

### Noun

léine f
* (fabric) linen
* (clothing) tunic, smock

#### Inflection

Feminine iā-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | léine$^L$ | léini$^L$ | léini |
| Vocative | léine$^L$ | léini$^L$ | léini |
| Accusative | léini$^N$ | léini$^L$ | léini |
| Genitive | léine | léine$^L$ | léine$^N$ |
| Dative | léini$^L$ | léinib | léinib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||
Feminine t-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | léine | léinid$^L$, léine | léinid |
| Vocative | léine | léinid$^L$, léine | léintea |
| Accusative | léinid$^N$ | léinid$^L$, léine | léintea |
| Genitive | léined | léined | léined$^N$ |
| Dative | léinid$^L$ | léintib | léintib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

#### Descendants

* Irish: léine
* Manx: lheiney
* Scottish Gaelic: lèine

### Further reading

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