ìm
See also: Appendix:Variations of "im"
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish imb, imm, from Proto-Celtic *emban-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷen-.
Pronunciation
Noun
ìm m (genitive singular ìme)
- butter
- fear an ìme mhòir 's e a's binne glòir
- (literally, the man of much butter, his voice is the sweetest) the rich man's voice prevails
- fear an ìme mhòir 's e a's binne glòir
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “ìm”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imb, imm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
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