dìomhain

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• diamhain

Etymology

From Old Irish dímaín. By surface analysis, dì- +‎ maoin. Cognate with Irish díomhaoin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲiəvɛɲ/

Adjective

dìomhain

1. futile, unavailing, useless
2. idle, lazy, slack
3. idle, out of work, unemployed

Synonyms

• (lazy): leisg

Derived terms

• seillean-dìomhain (“drone (bee)”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dìomhain”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN