rámh
See also: ràmh
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish ráma, rám, from Old Irish rámae, from Proto-Celtic *rāmiyos (“oar”), (compare Welsh rhaw, Cornish rêv, Middle Breton reuf (“shovel”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”).
Noun edit
rámh m (genitive singular rámha, nominative plural rámhaí)
Declension edit
Declension of rámh
Alternative forms edit
- rámha m
Derived terms edit
- ascaill rámha f (“second oarsman”)
- rámh fada m (“long oar, sweep”)
- rámhach (“oared”, adjective)
- rámhadóir m (“oarsman”)
- rámhaí m (“oarsman”)
- rámhaigh (“row”, verb)
- rámhaíocht f (“rowing”)
- rámhlong f (“galley”)
Verb edit
rámh
- Alternative form of rámhaigh (“row”)
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rámh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN