làmh
See also: lámh
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish lám, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlāmā (compare Welsh llaw), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂ (“palm, hand”) (compare Latin palma, Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē)).
Pronunciation
Noun
làmh f (genitive singular làimh or làimhe, plural làmhan)
Derived terms
- air an dàrna làimh (“on the one hand”)
- air an làimh eile (“on the other hand”)
- an dèidh làimhe (“afterwards”)
- fòn-làimh (“mobile phone”)
- làmh-sgrìobhainn (“manuscript”)
- làmh-thuagh (“hatchet”)
- làmhach (“manual; skilful, dexterous”)
- làmhainn (“glove; gauntlet”)
- leabhar-làimhe (“handbook”)
- os làimh (“in hand”)
- pailt-làmhach (“liberal (generous)”)
- ro làimh (“beforehand”)
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “làmh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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