cnàimh

See also: cnáimh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

cnàmh

Etymology

From Old Irish cnáim,^[1] from Proto-Celtic *knāmis, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”). Doublet of hama.

Pronunciation

(Lewis) IPA^(key): /kʰðɛ̃ːv/ [kʰθʲɛ̃ːv]^[2]^[3]; (Ness) /kʰðẽːv/^[4]
(Southern Hebridean, Skye) IPA^(key): /kʰɾɛ̃ːv/^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
(Wester Ross, Lochalsh) IPA^(key): /kʰɾãːj/, /kʰɾɛ̃ːj/^[9]
(Colonsay) IPA^(key): /kʰɾɛiv/, [kɾɛ̠iv̥]^[10]
(Islay) IPA^(key): /kʰɾɑiv/^[11]

Noun

cnàimh m (genitive singular cnàmha, plural cnàmhan or cnàimhean)

bone

Derived terms

Bliadhna a' Chnàmha (“Year of the Potato Blight in 1846”)
cnàimh an droma (“backbone, spine, vertebra”)
cnàimh an uga (“collarbone, clavicle”)
cnàimh-slinnein (“shoulder blade”)
cnàimhneach (“skeleton”)

Mutation

Mutation of *cnàimh*
radical	lenition
cnàimh	chnàimh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnáim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 72
^ Donald A. Morrison (2020) Modularity and stratification in phonology: Evidence from Scottish Gaelic (Thesis)‎^[1], Manchester: University of Manchester
^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 17
^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902), “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99‎^[2], Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, pages 85, 107, 132, 143
^ Scouller, Alastair (2017), The Gaelic Dialect of Colonsay (PhD thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 217
^ Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 142