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

• IPA^(key): [iːm]

Noun

ìm m (genitive singular ìme)

1. 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

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