luachmhor
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish lógmar (“precious, valuable”); synchronically, luach (“value, worth”) + -mhor (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
luachmhor
- precious, valuable, excellent
Synonyms
- fiach
- prìseil
Related terms
- luach
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “luachmhor”, 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), “lógmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language