feumach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From feum +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feːməx/

Adjective

feumach (comparative feumaiche)

1. necessitous, needful, needy

   Synonym: feumalach

Alternative forms

• féimeach

Derived terms

• feumachail

Noun

feumach m (genitive singular feumaich, plural feumaich)

1. needy person

Alternative forms

• féimeach

Mutation

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “feumach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN