cnàimh

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish cnáim, from Proto-Celtic *knāmi-, from Proto-Indo-European *konemo- (“bone”).

Noun[edit]

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

  1. bone

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from cnàimh

References[edit]

  • 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 0 901771 92 9
  • “cnáim” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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