n nn, later n, f. (see GOI § 327 and Pedersen Vgl. Gr. § 455 ). n s. leccu chuar, IT iii 82 § 64. lecco, Corm. Y 843. a s. -lécuinn, Ml. 55c1 . leccainn, MU² 544. leccoin, RC xiii 464.1 . g s.(?) leccond, Corm. Y 800. lecon, CCath. 4024. leacan, DDána 41.48 . pl. leicne, lecnib, later also lecna, lecnaib. g pl. leccan. Pl. forms with palatal -cn- are proscribed in IGT Decl. § 6 and ex. 265 .

(a) cheek, jaw ; lecco .i. le-co-hó .i. co clūais, Corm. Y 843. leccond .i. leccend .i. lethc[h]end, 800 . a oíle .i. a di leacain, Cóir Anm. 4 . leca in duini gl. maxilla, Ir. Gl. 89 . saidsi li alalécuinn Saul hi talmain `by one of S.'s cheeks', Ml. 55c1 . a lecní liathlomdai, IT iii 99 § 164 . dobeir . . . leccoin fri leccoin dó, RC xiii 464.1 . gun benat foscud fri folt ┐ fri leccainn in laích, MU² 544 . leicne tīrma tanaide, Ériu ii 56 § 10 . aghaid glasban . . . co tuilli oile, co luimi lecon, CCath. 4024 . tegdais na leccan (dommus maxillarum), PH 4548 . boi . . . locc m-becc co sualchi moir cechtar a dí leccoin, LB 148b34 . co n-greann-mothraib . . . ic timchellad / a ngruad . . . / [┐] a leacan, MR 184.y . ba dheirge a gruadh ná an rós / 's a leaca bhán mar an aol, Oss. vi 4.16 . mala tṡeng os lecnaibh lebra, IGT Decl. ex. 264 . gruaidhe donna / . . . leaca as saor snuadh / le taobh do dhá ghruadh ngealchorcra, DDána 114.16 . ābhar deargtha leacan . . . / tāir is tarcuisne, Celtica iv 107 § l . iomad corma a cclí an pheacaicc / do-nī gorm do ghlanleacain, Párl. na mB. 3254 . By metonymy: teora long 'ga leacain ghlain, Miscell. Celt. Soc. 344.13 . ubi fauces aegrotant . . . .i. an tan galruightear na lecne throat, 23 K 42, 16.4 .

Of animals, birds: a gilla . . . / a leca cuirre garbhghlaisi grian, IT iii 88 § 106 . a chromchuarcholtur do lecain camail, Ériu v 156.201 . l.¤ chamaill boi ina laim, LB 127b7 (cf. 2 glaine). ruc a lecna co Leccainn, Metr. Dinds. iii 372.96 (of the Donn Cúailnge scattering the limbs of the Finnbennach). fionnfhadh a leacan 's a cluas (of a pig), Oss. vi 140.x .

(b) By extension applied to other more or less vertical surfaces: side or slope of a hill : Lia na Ríg hi Femun / Caithir Rónáin hi mBregun, / cían ó ro-síachtar sína / a llecne, PRIA 1953, 94 § 14 . Temair Lúachra for leccaind na hIrlúachra, MU² 342 . duma nEirc . . . / 'sind leccain dind leith atúaid, Metr. Dinds. iii 228.31 . Cf. EIL 44 § 8 . darochair Aed . . . / isin leccaind ós Líathmuine, RC xx 11 § 13 . os leicnibh Sleibhe Colláin, Duan. F. ii lvi 3 .

Various: ri leccnib long ┐ ri leithṡlessaib liburni, LL 236a3 ( TTr. 1409 ). sgáile an laoí trēd leacuin ghloin (to a ruined castle), O'R. Poems 2659 . snuadh do leacan réidhe (of the Cross), DDána 41.48 . Cf. also: flaith for leccaind fochil n-éca, LL 14380 (rhetoric). adastar lara hi láim / lecu phuit dar pundaind, IT iii 82 § 64.

(d) In n. pr. dí ingin . . . / Iuchdelb ┐ Lecco Dub, Metr. Dinds. iv 324.7 . Cf. Lecco ingen Tala thrén, Ériu iv 158.1 .

COMPDS. ¤buide yellow-cheeked, sallow (?): na sillidi . . . lecanbuidhi, Comp. CC 83.z . ¤chrúad: a bhfiodhbhaca [líomhtha] leacan-chruaidhe, DDána p. 382.29 . ¤ḟota long-cheeked, long-faced (a complimentary epithet): ben māethainech bānainech lecanḟata chāinmar, TBC-I¹ 2789 . laech lecconḟota odorda, TBC-LL¹ 5423 . ba caemalaind . . . in maccoem . . . is é leccanḟota lanṡolus, TFerbe 38 .

u m. slis m., IGT Decl. § 70 .

n (a) side, wall : slios .i. taobh, O'Cl. is amlaid dorigned aenta . . . lam C.C. tria s.¤ deiscertach in membra . . . ┐ lam C. immach col-leith in tslesa, Fél. 244.40 . combo comard ra sliss in tige in carnāil ro-boí for a lár, Sc.M² 18 . dorse iarn for cach s.¤ (of the walls of a city), LU 9386 . i toebaib ┐ i slesaibh cacha buailedh bodhba, TBC-LL¹ 5602 (Stowe). ar slios bhláith an bhrogha te, Ériu v 62.5 . fuaratar colomain móir . . . cethri slessa aicce i mboi [dá] sesbeim in churaig fri cech s.¤ , RC x 60.7 . doconcadar arna rindad a slesaib in tempaill fuath (.i. dealb) na Trai, Aen. 310 . trialltar leo tar sleasaibh an mhúir amach `out over the walls of the dwelling', Keat. iii 1013 . do-chonnairc . . . i sleasaibh na deirce, TSh. 580 . fásaidh slios ré the surface of the moon grows, DDána 90.9 . ri leccnib long ┐ ri leithṡlessaib liburni, LL 236a4 ( TTr. 1409 ). bréid sídeingi ar s.¤ gach luingi, IGT Decl. ex. 504 . Of mountains, etc., slope, side: doluid P. don topur .i. Clibech i slesaib Cruachan, Trip.² 1106 . for slessaib slebi Armenia, SR 2604 . for sliss tuaiscertach slebe Sióin, PH 4447 . slios mo bhánfhuinn ghreaghaigh gloin, TD 28.9 .

(b) side, flank (of persons or animals): monga . . . co slissiu, BDD² 1269 . ro gab inní nad assa | áine fri rig[e] slessa fasting against the stretching of the side (?), Mart. Tall. 124.18 . co formnaib fer ┐ co slessaib ech, TBC-LL¹ 626 . ro-ghon Crist i n-a shliss, PH 673 . masladach na claidem . . . ar ṡlesaibh na laech, CCath. 4651 . ic sadhadh a slegh ina slesaib ┐ ina airnip, 5756 . eoin 's a sleasa d'asnaibh óir birds with gold-ribbed sides (of the ornamentation of a goblet), Aithd. D. 9.9 . In the sense of the general contour of the body: tug th'aghaidh ar a slios slim `approach her graceful form', TD 1.12 . a s.¤ blāith-si 's a barr glan | tall isin rāith-si rugadh, ZCP viii 562 § 14 . fás slios agam re hathaidh | d'easbhaidh shíl Chuinn Chéadchathaigh, DDána 90.4 . s.¤ re s.¤ close (together): s.¤ re s.¤ ré múraibh in bhaile `side by side against the walls of the town', CCath. 1846 . fir Brefne o bhid s.¤ re s.¤ , Irish Texts iv 115.22 .

(c) edge, rim, ridge (of a weapon): foruirmitís araile díb a tengtha dar slesa a cloideb ┐ a laigen do indarbud hítad dib, Alex. 661 . for foebraib claideb ┐ for slesaib sleg, LB 156b16 . arna rindad a slesaib an sceith, TTebe 4827 .

(d) coast, margin, bank (of the sea, river, etc.): ascuchfa do síl sōer slissu fri fairge fond `will move along the coasts', Fianaig. 36.8 . adhluicther Garaidh is Aodh | ar shlios an chuain taobh re taobh, Ériu i 32.258 . taitnid iarsin re s.¤ in mara moir, YBL 84b35 . siar tar sleasaibh seinBhéirre, DDána 107.1 . ar s.¤ Essa Da Eccond, Irish Texts ii 37.13 . re slios Éirne na n-éan mbinn, Aithd. D. 28.26 . edge, border : sí re s.¤ corrthair ag caí, IGT Decl ex. 375 . re slesaibh na slighedh, Stair Erc. 1746 .

(e) seat, bench (partic. along wall of a room). On the seating of guests at a banquet according to Irish custom see TD ii 241.24 : do suidh Cú Chulainn ar s.¤ rígh na bruidne, Comp. CC 87.30 . a lán féinneadh feadh an tighe | tríd siar ar na sleasaibh taoibh, TD 11.25 . ar sleasaibh data an dúin chorcra `on the shapely benches of the crimson fortress', 25.2 . fuaras Maol Mórdha Mhac Suibhne | ar slios meadhóin an mhúir chuir `on the central bench of the graceful mansion', 25.4 . for miodhslios na bruighne, Hugh Roe 230.z (fo. 61b) . iomdha id lios duine ar budh díol | im ṡlios ríogh dá suidhe an slógh, Aithd. D. 5.18 . ar sleasaibh bláithe an bhragha | suidhfidhear síol n-Anmchadha, DDána 85.41 . líontar an slios tuaidh don toigh | fa Ṡíle inghean Eóghain, TD 20.56 . is aca do bhíodh slios tuaidh do ríghtheach Caisil ó chúil go doras, Keat. iii 2986 . do bhíodh rogha sleasa ag na flaithibh fearainn ┐ an slios oile ag na ceannaibh feadhna ┐ éadan an tighe ag na hollamhnaibh, ii 3901 .

Compds.

(a) With adjj. ¤amlach: suaichentasa slisamlacha clainne . . . Chuiléin `streaming', Caithr. Thoirdh. 12.24 . ¤bláith smooth-sided : curach . . . sleamhuin sliosbhláith, Feis Tighe Chonáin 916 . do cuireadh na biadha . . . ar na bórduibh sleamhuine sliosbhlátha, PCT 629 . ¤chaín: glaedh . . . [n]a stoc sleschain slemhainṡolus, CCath. 474 . ¤cham: glaedh-beccedaigh na stocc slescamm slemansolus, CCath. 3106 . ¤fhota: Saul s. slegderg, SR 5790 . re himelborda innsi slisfoda Soloin, CCath. 2606 . ¤gel: in mil slisgel slúagach, Fél. Sept. 29 . na n-iasg slis-geal, ML² 663 . na gcolg slisgheal, TD 9.23 . ¤glégel: a droim segha seimighi slisglégel, ZCP vi 34.z . ¤gér: do sleghaibh slemna slíptha slisgéra, CCath. 1279 . ¤gorm: bar slega semnecha slis-gorma, Aen. 2462 . ¤mín: críoch Mhidhe na magh slis-mhín, Gleanings from Irish manuscripts 18.24 . ¤seng: in troigh ṡlisseang, boindgeal, bláith, Ériu iv 218 § 24 . ? To this: solam .i. sliseṅg, Metr. Gl. 32 § 10 . ¤tiug: tar tonnuib sotla slis-tiuga na srothann, ML² 691 . i láimh a ríoghbhan seang slistiugh, DDána 111.43 .

(b) With nouns: ¤airecht: snáithe slisfuaighéla gacha síthchána da slisairecht neighbouring assembly, Caithr. Thoirdh. 31.z . ¤blogad: na secht neime 'ga síned ┐ aca slisbladhadh ┐ aca síantarruing, RC xxiv 382.14 . ¤bord: re slisbordaib in churaig, Acall. 3763 . is ann atá an tipra . . . a slisbhord na cairrgi, 3602 . dar s. in longphuirt immach `out over the edge of the camp', CCath. 5409 . ¤búalad: slisbualad ┐ comtuairgnech na tonn . . . re slesaibh . . . long, CCath. 1428 . ac slisbualadh riu dangling beside them, Comp. CC 98.10 . ¤fhúagáil: snáithe slisfuaighéla gacha síthchána dá slisairecht, Caithr. Thoirdh. 31.39 . ¤lécan: drongair na luirech . . . ic a slislecon im cnes-chorpaib na curadh, CCath. 4648 .