tàmh
See also: támh
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish tám (“death, unconsciousness”), possibly from Proto-Celtic *tāmus, which could be related to *tādeti (“to melt”); see Proto-Brythonic *tọðɨd.[1] Or, from Proto-Indo-European *temH-, see also Sanskrit ताम्यति (tāmyati, “to choke, to die”), Old Church Slavonic томити (tomiti, “to languish”).[2] Cognate with Irish támh.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edittàmh (past thàmh, future tàmhaidh, verbal noun tàmh, past participle tàmhte)
Noun
edittàmh m (genitive singular tàimh, no plural)
Derived terms
editMutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
tàmh | thàmh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “ta-yo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 374
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “tàmh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page tàimh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic verbs
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