leam

== English == === Alternative forms === leem, leme === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /liːm/ Rhymes: -iːm === Etymology 1 === From Middle English lemen, from Old English lȳman, from Proto-West Germanic *liuhmijan, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, bright”). ==== Verb ==== leam (third-person singular simple present leams, present participle leaming, simple past and past participle leamed) (intransitive, UK, dialectal) To gleam; shine; glow. ===== Derived terms ===== leamer === Etymology 2 === From Middle English leme, from Old English lēoma (“ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare, lightning”), from Proto-Germanic *leuhmô (“light, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light, bright”). Cognate with Icelandic ljómi (“gleam, ray, beam, flash of light”), Latin lumen (“light”). ==== Noun ==== leam (plural leams) (UK, dialectal) A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing. ==== See also ==== gleam === Etymology 3 === See leamer, lien. ==== Noun ==== leam (plural leams) A cord or strap for leading a dog. Synonyms: lead, leash === Anagrams === Elma, mela, mela-, amel, -meal, meal, alme, Lema, male-, Male, male, lame, lamé, Elam, Malé, lema == Galician == === Verb === leam (reintegrationist norm, less recommended) third-person plural present indicative of lear (reintegrationist norm, less recommended) inflection of ler: third-person plural present subjunctive third-person plural imperative == Latin == === Noun === leam accusative singular of lea == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /læ͜ɑːm/ === Noun === lēam dative plural of lēah == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish lem. Cognates include Irish liom and Manx lhiam. === Pronunciation === (Lewis) IPA(key): /lɔ̃ũm/, (unstressed) /ləm/ (as if spelled lium) (Bernera) IPA(key): [lɵ̃ʉ̃m] (Harris, Skye) IPA(key): /lũːm/, (unstressed) /lũm/ (as if spelled lium) (Uist, Barra, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /liũːm/, (unstressed) /liũm/ (as if spelled lium) (Islay) IPA(key): /lɛm/ (Gigha) IPA(key): /lo(u)m/ Hyphenation: leam === Pronoun === leam first-person singular of le: with me; by me Is toil leam Glaschu. ― I like Glasgow. (literally, “Is pleasure with me Glasgow.”) ==== Inflection ==== === References === === Further reading === Mark, Colin (2003), The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 382 == Yola == === Etymology === Borrowed from Irish léim. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /liːm/ === Noun === leam jump ==== Derived terms ==== murreen-leam === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 58