luachmhor

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lógmar (“precious, valuable”). By surface analysis, luach (“value, worth”) +‎ -mhor (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

luachmhor

1. precious, valuable, excellent

Synonyms

• fiach
• prìseil

Related terms

• luach

References

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