leamhnacht

A dissimilated variant of leamhlacht, from Middle Irish lemnacht, lemlacht, from Old Irish lemlacht, lemnacht. Was originally masculine, but later became feminine due to association with the suffix -acht.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈlʲaun̪ˠəxt̪ˠ/^[1]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲaunˠəxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲaunˠa(x)t̪ˠ/

leamhnacht f or m (genitive singular leamhnachta)

1. new milk, milk fresh from the cow

As a feminine noun:

As a masculine noun:

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lemnacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “leaṁnaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 425
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “leamhnacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “leamhnacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm