cnàimh

See also: cnáimh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• cnàmh

Etymology

From Old Irish cnáim, from Proto-Celtic *knāmis, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”).

Noun

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

1. bone

Derived terms

Terms derived from cnàimh

• cnàimh an droma
• cnàimh an uga

• cnàimhneach

• cnàimh-slinnein

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• “cnáim” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.