giomach

Irish

Etymology

Ulster dialect variant of Irish gliomach.

Noun

giomach m (genitive singular giomaigh, nominative plural giomaigh)

  1. lobster

References

Scharff, R. F., On the Irish Names of Invertebrate Animals. 1916. I. N. J. Committee, Belfast

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Cognate with Irish gliomach, Manx gimmagh, and possibly Welsh cimwch.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡiməx/

Noun

giomach m (genitive singular giomaich, plural giomaich)

  1. lobster

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
giomachghiomach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “giomach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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