ìomhaigh
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Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish ímáig (compare Irish íomhá), from Latin imāgō.
NounEdit
ìomhaigh f (plural ìomhaighean)
- image
- statue, effigy
- likeness, similitude
- configuration
- countenance
- idiom, figure of speech
- (religion) icon, idol
SynonymsEdit
- (statue): buinne
Derived termsEdit
MutationEdit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ìomhaigh | n-ìomhaigh | h-ìomhaigh | t-ìomhaigh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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ReferencesEdit
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “ímáig” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.