geamhradh
See also: Geamhradh
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish gemred, from a suffixed form of Proto-Celtic *gyemos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʲɛuɾəɣ/
Noun
geamhradh m (genitive singular geamhraidh, plural geamhraidhean)
- winter
- sa gheamhradh ― in winter
- Tha e an deireadh an t-samhradh; thig an geamhradh gu luath. ― It is the end of summer; winter shall come soon.
- Th' an geamhradh a' tighinn. ― Winter is coming.
Derived terms
- cadal-geamhraidh (“hibernation”)
- geamhradail, geamhrachail (“wintry”)
- geamhraich (“winter”, verb)
- grian-stad geamhraidh (“winter solstice”)
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