ùmhal
See also: umhal
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish umal, from Latin humilis.
Adjective edit
ùmhal (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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “umal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language