a-mhàin
See also: amháin
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish amáin, from Old Irish nammá (“only, merely”), a petrified phrase derived from a negated form of má (“more”) (a comparative form of mór, már (“great”)), thus “not more”.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
a-mhàin
Further reading edit
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “a-mhàin”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN