leamh

Irish (Donegal)

adj
Definitions
  • (literary) soft; impotent lacking physical strength or vigor, weak
  • tepid; tasteless, insipid
  • lifeless, dull, uninteresting
  • soft-witted; inane, silly

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Irish lem (soft, foolish, tender, worthless, weak, powerless, impotent).

Origin

Middle Irish

lem

Gloss

soft, foolish, tender, worthless, weak, powerless, impotent

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Property

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