sùbh
See also: subh
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish sub, from Old Irish suib, from Proto-Celtic *subi (“strawberry”), of unknown, likely pre-Celtic substrate origin. Cognate with Irish sú (“red berry”), Manx soo (“berry”), Welsh syfi and Cornish sevi (“strawberries”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s̪uː/
- Homophone: sùgh
Noun
sùbh m (genitive singular sùibh, plural sùbhan)
- berry
Synonyms
- dearc
Derived terms
- sùbh-craoibh
- sùbh-làir
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*subi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 358