ùmhal
See also: umhal
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish umal, from Latin humilis.
Adjective
editùmhal (comparative umhaile)
Derived terms
edit- sàr-ùmhal (“very obedient, very submissive”)
- ùmhlachd f (“allegiance, deference, heed, homage, humility, obedience, obsequiousness, reverence”)
References
edit- Edward Dwelly (1911) “ùmhal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “umal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language