geama
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English game, from Old English gamen (“sport”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“amusement, pleasure, game”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgeama m (plural geamannan)
- game (playful activity that may be unstructured, amusement, pastime)
Derived terms
edit- geamannan Gàidhealach (“Highland games”)
- Geamannan Oilimpigeach (“Olympic Games”)
- geama-bhidio (“video game”)
Mutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
geama | gheama |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Categories:
- Scottish Gaelic terms borrowed from Middle English
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Middle English
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old English
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- gd:Games
- gd:Sports