cnàimh

See also: cnáimh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cnáim, from Proto-Celtic *knāmis, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”).

Noun

cnàimh m (genitive singular cnàmha, plural cnàmhan or cnàimhean)

  1. bone

Derived terms

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “cnáim” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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