limfe

Irish

Etymology

From Latin lympha (“water, water nymph”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “nymph”).

Noun

limfe f (genitive singular limfe)

(physiology, immunology) lymph

Declension

Declension of limfe

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	limfe
Vocative	a limfe
Genitive	limfe
Dative	limfe

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an limfe
Genitive	na limfe
Dative	leis an limfe don limfe

Derived terms

faireog limfe, nód limfe (“lymph node”)

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “limfe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“lymph”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023

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