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
- IPA(key): [ɫ̪ãːv]
Noun
làmh f (genitive singular làimh or làimhe, plural làmhan)
- (anatomy) hand
- handle
- làmh dorais ― door handle
- (politics) wing
Derived terms
- air an dàrna làimh (“on the one hand”)
- air an làimh eile (“on the other hand”)
- an dèidh làimhe (“afterwards”)
- fòn-làime (“mobile phone”)
- làmhach (“manual; skilful, dexterous”)
- làmhainn (“glove; gauntlet”)
- làmh-sgrìobhainn (“manuscript”)
- làmh-thuagh (“hatchet”)
- 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], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language