cnàmh
See also: cnámh
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰɾãːv/
Etymology 1
See cnàimh.
Noun
cnàmh m (genitive singular cnàimh, plural cnàmhan)
- Alternative form of cnàimh (“bone”)
Derived terms
- cnàmh-droma
Etymology 2
From Old Irish cnám, from Proto-Celtic *knāyeti (“to bite”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneh₂-.[1] Compare Old Irish con·cnaí (“chews, masticates, gnaws”), verbal noun cnaïd.
Noun
cnàmh m (genitive singular cnàimh)
- verbal noun of cnàmh
- Synonym: cnàmhadh
- (act of) digesting
- digestion
- decay
- erosion
- (with definite article, an) blight
Verb
cnàmh (past chnàmh, future cnàmhaidh, verbal noun cnàmh, cnàmhadh, past participle cnàmhte)
- chew, gnaw, masticate
- corrode (metal)
- digest
Derived terms
- dì-chnàmhadh m (“indigestion”)
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “kna-yo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 211
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| cnàmh | chnàmh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “cnàmh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cnám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language