urram

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish airraim (“deference, respect; indulgence, mercy”).

Noun

urram m (genitive singular urraim, plural urraman)

1. respect, esteem, reverence, deference, worship
2. honor, dignity
3. precedence, preference
4. significance, signification

Synonyms

• onair

Derived terms

• eas-urram m (“disrespect, contumacy, dishonour, disgrace, reproach”)
• fèin-urram m (“self-respect”)
• mì-urram m (“disgrace, dishonour; disrespect”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
urram	n-urram	h-urram	t-urram
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “urram”, 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), “airraim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language