nèamh

See also: neamh and neamh-

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish nem (compare Irish neamh, Manx niau), from Proto-Celtic *nemos (“heaven, sky”) (compare Welsh and Cornish nef, Breton neñv), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (compare Russian не́бо (nébo)).

Noun

nèamh m (genitive singular nèimh, plural nèamhan)

  1. heaven, paradise
  2. (rare) heavens, sky

Derived terms

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “nèamh”, 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), “1 nem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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