ìm
See also: Appendix:Variations of "im"
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish imb, imm, from Proto-Celtic *emban-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷen-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [iːm]
Noun
ìm m (genitive singular ìme)
- butter
- fear an ìme mhòir 's e a's binne glòir
- (literally, the man of much butter, his voice is the sweetest) the rich man's voice prevails
- fear an ìme mhòir 's e a's binne glòir
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ìm | n-ìm | h-ìm | t-ìm |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “ìm”, 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), “imb, imm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language