a-mhàin
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See also: amháin
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish amáin, from Old Irish nammá (“only, merely”), a petrified phrase derived from a negated form of má (“more”) (a comparative form of mór, már (“great”)), thus “not more”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
a-mhàin
Further reading[edit]
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “a-mhàin”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN