ùmhal

See also: umhal

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish umal, from Latin humilis.

Adjective

ùmhal (comparative umhaile)

  1. submissive, obedient
  2. humble, lowly, meek
  3. fawning, obsequious

Derived terms
  • sàr-ùmhal (“very obedient, very submissive”)
  • ùmhlachd f (“allegiance, deference, heed, homage, humility, obedience, obsequiousness, reverence”)

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ùmhal”, 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), “umal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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