nèamh
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
nèamh m (genitive singular nèimh, plural nèamhan)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “nèamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 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