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lean.

to follow

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/lʲan̪ˠ//l̠ʲanˠ/

  1. to follow

    ambitransitive

  2. to continue

    Leanfaidh mé ar aghaidh.

  3. to remain

  4. to endure

Where this word comes from

From Old Irish lenaid (“stays, sticks (to), follows”), from Proto-Celtic *linati (“to stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”); compare Latin linō (“anoint”), līmus (“mud, slime”), Sanskrit लिनाति (lināti, “sticks, stays”).

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