gníomh

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish gním,[1] from Proto-Celtic *gnīmus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (to produce, beget). Akin to déan. Compare Scottish Gaelic gnìomh.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gníomh m (genitive singular gnímh or gníomha, nominative plural gníomhartha or gníomha or gníomhra)

  1. doing, performing
  2. action
  3. act, deed
  4. (theater) act
  5. feat, exercise
  6. (law) fact
  7. (historical) A division of land equal to the twelfth part of a ploughland.

Declension[edit]

Alternative declension

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • English: gneeve

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gníomh ghníomh ngníomh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 gním”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 63

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