ùmhal
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See also: umhal
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish umal, from Latin humilis.
Adjective[edit]
ùmhal (comparative umhaile)
Derived terms[edit]
- sàr-ùmhal (“very obedient, very submissive”)
- ùmhlachd f (“allegiance, deference, heed, homage, humility, obedience, obsequiousness, reverence”)
References[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “ùmhal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “umal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language