cnàimh

See also: cnáimh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• cnàmh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /kʰðɛ̃ːv/
  • (Ness) IPA^(key): [kʰðẽːv]
  • (Bernera, Lochs) IPA^(key): [kʰðɛ̃ːv]
• (Uist, Barra, Skye) IPA^(key): /kʰɾɛ̃ːv/

Noun

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

1. 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.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “cnàimh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN