líon tí

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, “full number of a house”.

Pronunciation

Noun

líon tí m (genitive singular lín tí, nominative plural líonta tí)

  1. household (all the persons who live in a house)

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 303, page 153

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “líon tiġe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 665; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “líon tí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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