sùbh

See also: subh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish sub, from Old Irish suib, from Proto-Celtic *subi (“strawberry”), of unknown, likely pre-Celtic substrate origin. Cognate with Irish sú (“red berry”), Manx soo (“berry”), Welsh syfi and Cornish sevi (“strawberries”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̪uː/
• Homophone: sùgh

Noun

sùbh m (genitive singular sùibh, plural sùbhan)

1. berry

Synonyms

• dearc

Derived terms

• sùbh-craoibh
• sùbh-làir

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*subi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 358