giomach

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ulster dialect variant of Irish gliomach.

Noun[edit]

giomach m (genitive singular giomaigh, nominative plural giomaigh)

  1. lobster

References[edit]

Scharff, R. F., On the Irish Names of Invertebrate Animals. 1916. I. N. J. Committee, Belfast

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Irish gliomach, Manx gimmagh, and possibly Welsh cimwch.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

giomach m (genitive singular giomaich, plural giomaich)

  1. lobster

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
giomach ghiomach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]