coimheach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish comaithech, comaigthech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɔ̃jəx/
• (Harris, North Uist, Skye) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɛ̃.əx/

Noun

coimheach m (genitive singular coimhich, plural coimhich)

1. stranger, foreigner

   Synonyms: coigreach, eilthireach, Gall

Adjective

coimheach

1. strange, foreign, exotic

   Synonym: eilthireach

2. shy, timid

   Synonym: diùid

3. fierce, cruel

Derived terms

• aghaidh-choimheach, aodann-coimheach (“mask”)
• culaidh-choimheach (“costume”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
coimheach	choimheach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “coimheach”, 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), “coimheach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language