cnàimh
See also: cnáimh
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish cnáim, from Proto-Celtic *knāmis, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”). Doublet of hama.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰɾɛ̃ːv/
Derived terms
- Bliadhna a' Chnàmha (“Year of the Potato Blight in 1846”)
- cnàimh an droma (“backbone, spine, vertebra”)
- cnàimh an uga (“collarbone, clavicle”)
- cnàimh-slinnein (“shoulder blade”)
- cnàimhneach (“skeleton”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| cnàimh | chnàimh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “cnàimh”, 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), “cnáim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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