uidheam

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish uidim, from Old Irish aidemm (“tool, implement”). Cognate with Irish úim (“harness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈujəm/

Noun

uidheam f (genitive singular uidheim, plural uidheaman)

1. equipment
2. harness (of a horse etc)
3. rigging (of a boat or ship)

Derived terms

• uidheamaich
• uidheamaichte

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uidheam	n-uidheam	h-uidheam	t-uidheam
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.