làmh-anart
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editlàmh (“hand”) + anart (“linen”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlàmh-anart m (genitive singular làmh-anairt, plural làmh-anartan)
- handkerchief, hand towel, napkin
- 1911, Katherine White Grant, Aig Tigh na Beinne, Oban: Hugh MacDonald, page 26:
- An sin dh' fhosgail i làmh-anart grinn, anns an robh aran, càise, agus dà ubh bhruich air am pasgadh.
- Then she opened a fine linen handkerchief, in which bread, cheese, and two boiled eggs were wrapped.
References
edit“làmh-anart” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.