cnàmh

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See also: cnámh

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

See cnàimh.

Noun[edit]

cnàmh m (genitive singular cnàimh, plural cnàmhan)

  1. Alternative form of cnàimh (“bone”)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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[edit]

cnàmh m (genitive singular cnàimh)

  1. verbal noun of cnàmh
    Synonym: cnàmhadh
  2. (act of) digesting
  3. digestion
  4. decay
  5. erosion
  6. (with definite article, an) blight

Verb[edit]

cnàmh (past chnàmh, future cnàmhaidh, verbal noun cnàmh, cnàmhadh, past participle cnàmhte)

  1. chew, gnaw, masticate
  2. corrode (metal)
  3. digest
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “kna-yo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 211

Mutation[edit]

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[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cnàmh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 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
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